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COLUMBIA] Thursday Horning, Jun. IO, 18G7. Koi'ttx ? ii Itc!l;;!i)i!'; ?Totirunts. Tho Methodist is a weekly so-called religious journal, published in New York. It publishes the sermons o? Henry Ward Beecher, und its columns exhibit the fiercest radicalism. Its leading editorial, in its issue o? last Saturday, is devoted to the South, and, as usual, abounds with mis? statements and misrepresentations. After noticing tho great unanimity exhibited by tho Southern States which have already acted on tho con? stitutional amendment, it comes to the conclusion that there is little hope of any immediate change in the posi? tion of the Southern people, and de? clares that the spirit manifested by them does not warrant tho expecta? tion that equal rights will be accorded to all men. In proof of its assertions, after no? ticing the apprentice and vagrant laws of Maryland, the Methodist sajs: "The direct testimony of General Sickles-a general of Democratic an? tecedents-that it is impossible, in South Carolina, to get verdicts from coroners' juries pointing to the mur? derers of freedmen, even when such murderers aro known to them, aro evidences that the spirit of slavery is still alive in the South. The recent direction of the President to General Sickles suspending the operation of an order issued hy tho latter, ?which forbade corporal punishment and the enforcement of the South Carolina Vagrant Act, shows to what Southern legislation, if unobstructed by higher authority, must tend." We have not seen thc testimony alluded to, but the assertion made by the Methodist that the spirit of slavery is still alive at the South is absurd. Wc do not believe that one man out of one hundred in this or any othei Southern State would re-establish thc institution ii they could do so bj law. The spirit has passed uwaj with the body, and the Souther; people, through their highest consti tut ional and law-making powers, have solemnly announced that slavery i: not only abolished, but that it sha! never hereafter bo established i? the States. How idle, then, thougl mischievous, \\ it for a leading reli gions journal, of wide circulation, t talk about the tendency of Souther: legislation verging again toward slavery. Thc Southern people btw at?tcd in good faith, and they wo ul not become a people whoso goo> name and reputation for honor an integrity would bo forever blasted b; any action like that imputed to the! by tho j uuual from which we cpjott Their honor and virtue isas brig:, and unsullied to day, after all the have suffered and endured, as it wa the day they took unarms in defenc of a cause they thought just. Th: is the testimony of Gen. Grant au other brave officers of the army whic overwhelmed them and their cause. it is such language as the followin which misleads the masses of th Northern people, and influences the passions against the people of tues Southern Stales: "The invet?rate propensity to g. veril the negro by force will, unie: we surround him with ample defence re-assert itself. Wo must crea these defence;;-the Southern peop will not. If we give tho South i way, it will re-establish directly t! whipping-post, and the salo of mei women and children at tho anctic block. Tho ingrained habit of livin in ease upon the enforced labor i others, is not to be eradicated in moment. It will assert its full powi unless its exercise is rendered impo siblc by the conditions upon whic the Southern Stales are permitted resume- their places in the Union." And this foul accusation is nnblus ingly made after all tho proofs tl people of the South have given meting ont equal and impartial ju tice to the freedmen, and of thc great desire to be restored to t! Union. Verily, wo have fallon < evil time.--, when religious journal:; deliberately pen such gross misrepr sontations and allegation.*; against true and as brave a people as can found in tho world. St. Augustine is said to be a d light?ul residence. The Rcamim of that place, speaking of tho gre crop of oranges, say;; that 60,000 Vi be picked from ono grove. A frie: there writes us that "they hang rich yellow clusters from trees on t sides of the streets, and the soft ? is redolent of their rich perfume." A Washington despatch says pk arc maturing to pass a bill guarani ing tho Mexican loan. llecoitstrwctliis Souih Carolina. We lind thc following in our North? ern exchanges received yesterday: "CHARLESTON, S. C., January 5. Ex-Secretary Harlan, who hus been hore for a ?ew days past, loft for Washington lust night. It is reliably stilted that Bis visit hero was for the purpose o' organizing a Union party, who will petition Congress for a loyal Slate Government, lie had inter? views with several Unionists, and an effort will be made to form Union leagues and obtain signatures*" Wo doubt if a Union party on thc radical basis could bc organized in this State that would number a cor? poral's gu'.ird. Tho ox-Seen ta ry's efforts are love's labor lost, eo far us this State is concerned. Her people are arnon:'.? ts on the platform of the Constitution; Jbut we do not appre? hend that any respectable number of them will follow tho programme marked out by the radicals, even to si euro restoration. SERIOUS CONFLAGRATION.-We learn from tho Charleston Ncirs that a tire occurred in the Kingstree jail a few nights ago, which consumed the whole building and caused a c msi derable loss of life. Twenty-two freedmen are supposed to have pe? rished in thc flames. The fire origi? nated in the eel! nf one of the pri? soners, and before assistance could be procured, the building was wrapped in flames. lu consequence of the absence of all facilities, und the jail being in a comparatively isolated position, the efforts to save the pro? perty were futile. NEW PAPER.-We have received the first number of thc Associate lie formed Presbyterian, published at Due West-, in this State, and edited by Rev. J. I. Bonner, who bas had experience in that line as editor of the Telescope, formerly published at the same place. Wo wish him suc? cess. -_ Tur. NEW YORK WATCHMAN.-This admirable New York weekly journal, under the control of lie v. C. F. Deems, has been suspended for want of adequate support. We regrei this, and hope to see it revived at aa carly day. --4-?-<*-> "Brick Pomeroy," of the La Oro.-, te (Wisconsin) Democrat, is coming South soon after the holidays. He says : "Soon after the holiday we shall start on oar Iii;) South, to gather i le?as and write- kiters for the Demo? crat exclusively", from that wronged section. We shall write freely, bold? ly, impartially--shall tell of wanton acts aud vandalisms of Northern sol diers-(no, not soldiers, but those who dishonored the uniform, and became thieves)-wiii give fco our readers actual facts-the sentiment of the people, and Avhy they feel as they do-the cost and profit of producing; condition of negroes; wants, capa? cities and beauties of tho country, etc. Besidi o letters for the Democrat, we shall collect material for our '"History of tho war,'' which will follow np a lino of event.-; not yet touched by any writer, for none have dared to do as we -shall-expose the wicked acts of loyal thieves who stole, burned, destroyed, ravished and desecrated iu the name of patriot? ism. In this matter we are for right, regardless of results. We shall visit Bichmond, Mobile, Macon, Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta. Andersonville, Tallahassee, Colum? bia, Charleston, New Orleans, Colum? bus, Mississippi, Eufaula, Memphis, Vicksburg, Helen-;, (from where we were once sent out of the army foi saying the war was but a murderous crusade for cotton and niggers) andi hundred other places in the SoutL where the information we seek can be obtained. THE CONGRESSIONAL EXCURSIONISTS. The special correspondent of the Nev York Timc? writes: Tiie Nev.- Orleans excursionists re? turned this morning, having beer absent just thirteen days. They al speak in the most enthusiastic term: of their reception everywhere, ant assort thajt they were greatly snrpriset at the political sentiment that exist: in many quarters in favor of the con stitutional amendment. Politics wen not generully discussed, but allusion: thereto were sometimes unavoidable and Senator Wade, at Memphis, am Representative Ballin, at Nashville both took strong ground on the con stitutional amendment, and produce? highly favorable impressions. Tin excursionists represent that, notwith? standing thc efforts of the politician to prevent it, there is a sent i men forming in lav.ir of tiie amendmen with great vapidity, and that its ruti fication is simply a question of tine. -? ? o_ - MARRIED OS HORSE-BACK.-A West ern paper publishes the following marriage notice: On horse-back, Nov. mber LS, 186G by Geo. Kinkade, Mr. Wm. Bunyan! late a soldier of Merrill's Horse, ant Miss Martha E. Prie-, all of Harisoi County, Missouri. Jackson, lincoln und Johnson. lu thc November number of that obi and popular British monthly, Blaclcicood's Magasine, there is a well written essay noon tho character of our first Presidents, and the influ? ences they exercised iy the Govern? ment ; bo? especially so, in regard to tho til reo remarkable men whose ne.mes head this article.. Wo make brief extracts, that our readers may see how these three Presidents of the United States have impressed the public mind in a country where nei? ther fear nor favor detracts from his? torical views of even the great men of foreign countries, though national prejudices may not always be sub? dued by the writers thereof. Of Jackson, as President, the writer says : "As President, 'Old Hickory,' aa bo was familiarly and affectionately named, from bis toughness of charac? ter, had three hates, (in addition to bis private, ones, which were innume? rable,) and a single love. He hated debt, paper money and the United States liank; and ho. loved, with a love unutterable and unchangeable, with a love such as only an American can understand, the union of the States; tho Union that was to make tho republic the first power in tho world, to spread itself over the whole continent, from tho Atlantic to the Pacific, from Ino Arctic Sea to thc Isthmus of Panania, and, dearest aud most ardently wished-for consumma? tion of all, that was to domineer over Great Britain, and press it down into the second or third rank by au irre sist iblepreponderance. He had fought and bled for it against foreign foes; ho was equally ready to fight and bleed for it against domestic enemies. How be conquered his favorite aver? sion-the bank-and toppled it to the ground never to riso again-how he kept himself and tho country ont of debt-aud bow desperately he fought the battle of bani money against paper, need not hero be re? counted. But how he struggler against disunion, and gave it a blov from which it never recovered until tin election of Abraham Lincoln, twenty eight years afterwards, is a part o our purpose to narrate, for the bette comprehension of the tragic histor of which is still enacting before on eyes, and of which noone can foretel thc catastrophe.*' Shaking of Jackson's love forth Union, which tho writer states li cared for much moro than lie did io free trade or protection, ho thus r<: j fers to Abraham Lincoln: ! "In like manner, Abraham Liucol cared very little for the negro au I his freedom, though ho dislike I slavery; but ho cared greatly, an I with his whole heart and soul, fe the Union. Weak and irr?solu c a to tho moans to be pursued, ho wa steady and faithful to thc end i j view. Sometimes doubtful of the r< suit, be was never doubtful of h duty. In his character, tin re was n i malice -no animosity-no arriate pe) j see. To his mind, tho South did ut I appear to him us it did to some of tl: people about bim-a wicked rebel, t ! be scourged, to bo decimated, to 1 ! exterminated, if need were; but a bi loved brother who bad gone astra; ! and to be brought back into the rigl ! path by concession of all points tin ' did not involve tho one great an i fundamental principle of the integi ty of the republic. In the darke j days of the deadly struggle, win. few Northern men ventured to ho\ for ultimate success-when tho be attainable boundary between Norl and South was almost tho only resn that the clearest-headed and mo sanguine men anticipated-Mr.. Lil coln, half despairingly, half bopeft hut wholly resolute, saw nothing fi it, except, to uso his own home phraseology, to 'keep pegging awaj trusting to Providence to shape tl ends, however men might rough-hc them. He would lettbe South mai tain slavery without extending it iu new regions, until the Southern pe pie were wise enough to let it g provided only that tho South won remain in the Union. He would c cuse, everything, forgive everytiiin i condono everything, if it would b rehoist tho starry banner of the i ! united republic. j "This good and merciful man \v I good and merciful to the end. Ev when the South was on the point ' collapse-when its last hope ! foreign recognition had long sin died away-when its armies were : duced to tho minimum of hope well as of numbers-when, in ming! pride and despair, it refused to a: tho negroes, preferring conquest its while brother to independence bo purchased by the aid of bia soldiers-Mr. Lincoln was ready a anxious to tyrant honorable terms surrender. In the flush of victc t there was much that he could ha I ilene that no other man could hr attempted. He could have issued ' general amnesty; he could have < : dared the Union restored in fact a I in theory, on the sole condition t! I his military proclamation for I j abolition of slavery should be ado ed hy every Southern State as I 1 basis of a legal enactment. But t j great and happy result was not to I attained. The pistol of a fana I deprived the Southern people oi j friend, and Jio Northern people man after their own hearts, w] through good and ill-fortune, hud fought their tight with un humble, a contrite, and un honest spirit, und given the victories for which they had hungered and thirsted for four miserable years." The writer pays a well-deserved tribute to Andrew John ?on, butas our limits prevent us from publishing the whole of his remarks, we subjoin the concluding paragraph : "When le; was called to fill thc perilous seat which an act. of marty? rdom had left vnc.mt, the Courodcracy had collapse.1., and its bras-' but. luckless President was Hying for bis lifo toward Texas, with a hope - which, if it had been realized, might have changed the fortunes <,; the North American continent-that if he could reach this vast and not easily to be conquered territory, "tie might have prolonged tho war for twenty years. Jackson's task was but. child's play compared with Lin? coln's as Lincoln's wan compared with Johnson's. It is easier to con? quer a foe than to raise him. maimed and bleeding, from the ground, and make him love the hand that smote him. It was the business of Jackson and Lincoln to prevent the disinte? gration of a great community of frc meu, and to baud the national flag to their successors without the erasure" of a single stnr from itu galaxy. They performed the duty well and wisely -the first with comparative facility, the second amid all but superhuman difficulties and discouragements. Upon Johnson devolved a more gi-, gaul ic work. When he became Chief Magistrate, it might almost be said that political chao:: had come again. Tho war had destroyed slavery, but had not provided !or the negroes. War had deluged the land with blood, destroyed friendships, exasperated animosities, laid waste what might have been the garden of the world, consumed countless millions of wealth, taken a father, ason, or a hus? band from every household, laid low in bloody and nameless graves and trenches the heads of families, pauperized tho rich arel delicately nurtured, and thrown back for half a century the civilization of tho fairest half of thc republic, it is true that the national temple stood on the hill-top, a goodly structure*, to be seen and admired of men; bnt many of its ?nain pillars were brokeu, strewn ou the ground, blackened with the torch of destruction, or redden? ed with the blood of unhappy thou? sands who bad been crushed beneath their fall. How was Andrew John? son, the poor plebeian, to restore these broken columns to their places? How was be to efface the bitter memories of conquest, and reconcile the victim to the victor? How was in? to draw North and South into that partnership of interest and affection without which thc Union would bc but another name for cruel domi? nation on the one side, and humiliat? ing submission on the other? Tho task indeed was herculean, and need? ed not only honesty, courage, de? votion, and wisdom, but rare good fortune in him who undertook it. The honesty, the courage, the wisdom, and the devotion .vere with Andrew Johnson, lt remains to be seen whether the good fortune will attend him." Truly, as the writer says, tho task imposed upou Andrew Johnson was herculean, and needed not only ho? nesty, courage, devotion and wisdom, but rare good fortuno in bim who undertook it. That lie is equal to the' emergency in which he and his coun? try are placed we need only refer to the message which we published on Tuesday. It is the production of a sound thinker and au honest states? man. -i ? ? ? TIIE TARIFF. -The New York Herald, in its notieo of tho report of Com? missioner Wells recommending a general reduction of taxes, says: Mr. Wells is evidently personally disposed towards a high "tariff, yet he accepts it merely as incidental to the production of a necessary revenue. The report in general favors a reduc? tion of taxation, which is just what the people require. We have too many taxes, and they ave levied at too heavy a rate and too great a cost to the Government. Ii" the regulation of the tariff should incidentally ac? crue to any particular branch of in? dustry, there can be no objection; but a tariff imposed for this purpose alone is most unpopular. Wo must have our taxation arranged upon a general plan, with a view to obtain? ing sufficient revenue for the Govern? ment expenses, and for no other object. There has always been a conflict between the ideas of tariff for protection and tariff for revenue, and it is now pretty well understood that tho latter is the only legitimate method which can be tolerated. Manufacturers of certain articles claim specific privileges, which they are continually advancing in the lob? by; but. they ure only like Wall street brokers, who "corner" some particu? lar stock, and then sell ont to their own advantage. The difference be? tween the manufacturers and the stock brokers is, that the former ex? pect Congress to do the work for them which the stool: brokers do for them? selves. . - St. Louis capitalists propose laying ont a bungonie mu? fashionable suburb four miles from the city. lt<i<?i':il (aucun. Thc R?publicains held a caucus in Washington, on Saturday night. Thc correspondent of tho Herald says: Tho Republican members of the House of Representatives held a cau? cus at the capitol to-night, Hon. G. W. Schofield, of Pennsylvania, in thc chair, and Mr. Donnelly, of Minne? sota, acting as Secretary. About sixty representatives were present. Mr. Spaulding, <.f Ohio, offered a resolution that no measure Looking towards the- impeachment of the Pre? sident of the United States should be presented in tho House unless pre? viously agreed upon hy a caucus. This was amended, by providing that l>of< <re any final act' .:> by tee caucus, elie subject should be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, moved au amendment in effect that no article of impeachment should be preferred without first hoing considered by a caucus. This was agreed to. Mr. Stevens moved that the whole subject be laid on the table. The question was determined in the negative by a voie of nearly two to one. Tho original resolution, as amended, was then agr"od to by a larine majority. There was much incidental debate between Bingham, Steveus and others on the legal questions involved -namely, whether an impeachment could be partly tried by the Senate, of the Thirty-ninth Congress; also, whether tho House cf Representa? tives of the Thirty-ninth Cougress could prefer articles of impeachment to be tried by the Senate of the Forty-ninth Congress; or whether, should articles of impeachment be now preferred, aud not concluded ed. the expiration of the present Con? gress, they willa1.! have io bo renewed in the Fortieth Congress. Mr. Ste? vens took the ground that tao Senate did nol expire with tho Congress, ou the -ltli of March next, it being a per? petual body. 7?r. Bingham combatted that view, arguing that as one-third of tho present S*:iata would go out on the 4th of March next, the Presi? de:, t could not afterwards continue to be tried by a Senate composed of .one-third new members on articles partially tried by tho preceding Se? nate. The debate between these gentle? men was extremely spirited. Mr. Bingham speaking in hi 4 usually im? pressive style, and Mr. Steveus ex? hibiting :i corresponding degree of earnestness. The caucus, however, in the main '.vas haxmonions. There appeared to be a general dispostion to vote for an inquiry into the matter as to whether the President should be impeached, while a large number were of an opinion that tho Presi? dent ought to be impeached. Mr. Bingham made the point that articles of impeachment, for the reasons ho had previously stated, should not bc preferred during the present Cou? gress, for want of time, and reminded gentlemen that tho trial of Warren Hastings lasted seven years. It was finally determined to proceed with the business, to collect and ar? range tin? evidence in support of the impeachment and prepare tho docu? menta to be submitted to tho Senate at the commencement of next, session. Tin-cats. The New York Herald, of Saturday, has tho following remarks on tho adoption of the constitutional amend? ment by the Northern Legislatures: "Tho members of theso Legisla? tures, as well as those of the next Congress, were elected mainly on this single issue, and the question must be met at once aud finally set? tled in accordance with the distinct and unmistakable demonstrations of the will of the Northern people ia their Jato elections. It is highly pro ? bable that before the 4th of next March, tho constitutional * amend? ment will have been ratified bj* three fourths of tho States now represented in Congress. It will then stand be? fore the country as the ultimatum of thc North-au ultimatum which, ac? cepted or not by Southern Legisla? tures, Congress will not hesitate to adopt and enforce as part of tho Con? stitution. The people of the South can no lougcr fail to see it, ls it is in tho clearest possible light. It will only remain for them to "accept tho situation" in all sincerity and without delay, lest the majority at tho North should be excited by fanatical ex? tremists-the Jacobins of our day-to insist upon terms less moderate and reasonable than will at present satisfy the more conservative adherents of the dominant party. It is idle to re? sist the logic of events, lt is even criminal not to make tho best of ac? tual circumstances, when neglecting to do so will inevitably aggravate the worst features of the case." The Dayton Religious Telescope, tho organ of the United Brethren, says "strange things aro sometimes re? ceived by ministers of the gospel as remuneration for their services. The editor of a leading exchange says that he once accepted a load of manure for quarterage. We remember once receiving pay in a form quite as odd, though iu point of elegance v.i.h ly different, the article being a full I : ! Vi :i peacock." Tho New York Police Commission? ers have made a report showing that there are moro than 4,(KU) tenement houses in that city which are not provided with thc means of escaping from lire. -, ,.^ M 31B <o o ea, 2. Xtc o IXDOLS? . Thc ?rVttfin?xoftico is on Main ?trect, a # few doora above Taylor (or Camden | street. 'Ova llKMftsp BOOM.- Oar fricada aro invited to visit the Plitenix reading room, \<heru they will find "ii file papers and periodicals from every section of ii..- Union. The building is op? n day and night. Fine frosh oysti rs can ho had ovary day, (at fifty cents a (mart,! at ;staii No. IV, m tho Market; also, fish, fruit of all kind, vegetables, -Vc. Jim is on hand at ?il times. .V'::.N.I\V?.I.?)II;.!!:NT. -We aro indebted io Mr. tioburt McDougall for a copy of tho Glasgow Kail, ot tho 15th ultimo. Also, to .Mr. H. C. Bruce, for a copy oi the Lon? don Times, id' ?he 17tit ultimo. l'AXaiirrro "FIRE K.\.COUPAH?.-At the annual meeting of Hus company, hold on the ?th Listant, tho following officers were alec!e.! ?or the ensuing ye:?r: Pre? sident, W. B. Stanley; Vicc-Prcsidcnfc, Uenry Beard; Secretary ami Treasurer, G. T. .Mas J.J; Directors, George A. Shields, George W. KcckclcY, John A. Shioll, J. B. Bollock; Axem n, James K. Friday, P. Hearn. HrsToniCAi.. -Tho fut aro historian will be anxious to glean clj0 mo3t correct ia fo rm a ti' :: concerning tho desolating march of Sherman; and especially will ho look fora truthful record of tho tack and de? struction of Columbia. Tho only imo and full statement of thc terrible t~* nts of th? night of the 17th February, 1353, will ?? found in th? pamphlet issued from ihi* office. NARROW E???:KVC FI:O:.I DRVTH. \ little boy. five or six years o? a^-a. a s.,:i of Mr. Danni K- liy, fell into a well sixty foot deep, on tho vacant lot formerly occupied bj Sheriff Dent, and, when taken out, com? plained of a nain in thc nae-;, there being no visible injury sustained by tho fall. Much praise is duo to ??Ir. W. W. Clark, for thc j romptm -s with -..eich h^ tendered his services in making tho necessary de? scent into tho we'd, to extricate tiie little boy from his p; rilous situation. We again argo upon our city authorities the nee ssity of compelling thc owners of lots to cover these pit-falls, or IVES of life I willb? the consequence. Thore is quit? a , number of these uncovered and unfenced .wells scattered throughout tho city, and if tho owners o? lots do not promptly cover . .renell-'.- them, the City Council should have it dono afc their expc use. To THE BOTLIC. -Miss M.A. Buio is di? re .led by Mr. D. L. McKay, tho treasurer of tho rani for tho ::?. ?tit at . t > bo located in tho vicinity of Columbia, to ask all tho agents to communicate to Mr. McKay and herself, at Charleston, the amount pro? mised for tho sa.ii". Ail subscribers will seca duo acknowledgment of the same, livery person that has subscribed any amount is requested to report it to Mr. McKay, if they have n^t seen his acknow- . lednerhorit for tho sam.-. MADA" ANN BULB. NEWAnriiRTiiZMESTS.-Att mtiou .? caii ed to tho following advertisements, which sro [ch'i-h.*'": this : uer nine; for :h4 firat tinier W. T. Walter -Auction Sch.. !:.. E. Jackson-Sage. Jr.:;!.h Levin To Gas Consumers. In'].ure at th:-< Office-House to Bent. NURSERY SOAP. -Mothers will rind Col? gate's .Aromatic Vegetable Soap tho v.-ry ujcost for infants that can bo obtained, lt is a very delicate soap, yet very cleansing, and possesses th-j softening and soothing qualities, which peculiarly adapt it to tho us? <*i' children, in a very high degree -tho vegetable oils bein'; combined with glyco rino. Druggists have i?. THADDEUS SHOWN UP.-Tho fol? lowing extract from the Congression? al proceedings of Friday, contains an amusing exhibition of the ' consist? ency" of the honorable gent from Pennsylvania, who is lavishing his brains and his brass in the question of reconstructing the so-called: Mr. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, asked leave to offer the following: Resolved, Thut the following reso? lution, introduced into the House of Representatives, December 4, 1SG2, by Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, expresses tho conviction and sense of this House, to wit: "Resolved, That if any person in the employment of tho United States, in cither the legisla? tive or executive branch, should pro? pose to make, peace, or should accept or advise the acceptance of any such proposition, on any other basis than the integrity and entire unity of the United States and their Territories, as they existed at the titno of the re? bellion, he will be guilty of"a high crime;" and that House Bill 543 is clearly in violation of the spirit of said resolution, and that the same does in fact assert, or at least admit, that secessionists and rebels woro successful in thc dividing of the Union, and destroyed certain States of the United Slates, as such in the Union, degrading th m into Territo 'rics; and that the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, in and by the introduction and advocacy of said bill, has mani? fested a mind and heart disloyal to the Constitution and the Union of thc States as they existed at. the time of the rebellion, and is guilty ot* the crime specified in said r< solution, and, therefore, deserves thc reprobation of this House. Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, objected to the introduction of tho resolution. MT. Eldridge said ho did not de? sire to press it, as the gentleman named in the r?siliation was not i hen in Ins seat. [Laughter.] lt was laid over.