The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-04 00:00:00

be the effort to pass it without debate or amend-
ment, and every member who will not at the word
of command open his mouth and shut his eyes, and

swallow whatever is given him, is denounced as a
traitor to his party. Thus what is called Legisla-

tion is transformed into- a game of hocus-pocus,
and free debate and personal independence are no
longer tolerated. Do Congressmen know with what
_ _

utter contempt the people look upon this substitution
of brute force for statesmanship ?
The American Minister to Buenos Ayres has of-
fered to the Argentine Confederation the mediation

of the United States in the differences with Para-

guay.

The Nation of Feb. 14 contains these items
Twelve or thirteen years ago Mr. Douglas, Mr. Jef-
ferson Davis, and the " Democracy" generally, were

fighting hard, and apparently they fought with
success, to spread slavery over Nebraska and the
other Territories of the Union. But on Saturday
last, in spite of Mr. Johnson's veto, Nebraska was

admitted into the Union as the thirty-seventh State,

and on condition that she should bind herself to

make no distinction amongst her citizens on account
of colour. On the 29th ult. the Committee on Fe-

deral Relations of the Territorial Council, to whom
was referred the consideration of this condition, re-
ported decidedly in its favour. Practically we
suppose it will be faithfully observed, and answer
its purpose. The new State is nearly ten times as
large as Massachusetts, blessed with a healthy cli-
mate, somewhat warmer than that of eastern regions
in the same latitudes— 40-43 deg. ; the surface

of the country is generally level Or slightly roll-
ing ; the soil is excellent, producing wheat, maize,
oats, hemp, sorghum, tobacco, hay, and clover.
The vine flourishes ; iron, coal, and salt are be-
lieved to be abundant. Omaha City, the eastern

terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad, is the capi-
tal, and is situated on the Missouri River. The
railroad above mentioned runs parallel to the Platte,

the chief river of the State, for three hundred miles,
and Nebraska is connected with the East by a road
which runs from a point on the Missouri opposite

Omaha City across lowa to the Mississippi.

With

its railroad facilities, its excellent free-school system
(excellent for so young a country, and soon to be

better still), Nebraska offers great inducements to
emigrants, and is sure to grow rapidly.
A vigorous discussion of the power of the Senate
to suspend the President during his impeachment
has been raging during the week. Madison is re-
ported, in Eliot's Debates, as having conceded the
existence of the power ; but Madison in his own
report opposed, in express terms, the grant of any
such power—for the very reason, too, which now
makes General Butler and Wendell Phillips argue
for its existence : that it would enable the majority
" at any moment, in order to make way for the
function of another who will be more favourable to
their views, to vote the temporary removal of the
existing magistrates." The proposition was voted
down by 8 to 3.
Professor Dwight, of New York, has been making

a careful examination of all the impeachment cases
in English history, with the view of discovering
whether this power of suspension during trial had
ever been exercised, and has failed to discover a
single example of it. On several occasions the
Commons asked the Lords to address the Crown for
a removal from office of persons under impeach-
ment, but the Lords uniformly refused, on the
general principle that the innocence of a functionary
must be presumed until he is found guilty. We
see as plain as anybody the inconvenience of having
Mr. Johnson in office during a long exciting trial ; but
we are so well satisfied that if the power of suspen-
sion of the President were once established it would
be frequently used hereafter by a party vote to get
rid of the President for the time being, when there
was neither the chance nor expectation of having
him convicted, that we hope no attempt may be
made to put General Butler's theory into force. We
have got to a point in the history of the nation
when we must be careful what precedents we esta-
blish. Three years hence the South will be back in
Congress, with the Northern Democracy at its back,
and we should be sorry to see our Radical friends
hoist by their own petard.
George Peabody has given a million towards the
education of the South. The gift is a magnificent
one, and comes at the right time. The danger is
that the trustees will try to do too much with it,
and, by diffusing it over too wide a space, make
—a suggestion made, if we
little impression with it anywhere. The best use
that could be made of it would be to employ it in
remember
the
eeducation g
rightly,
yby h
teachers t e
Evening
Post .
Bayard Taylor in his summer trip thus described
Central City, Colorado :—" In this population of
from six to eight thousand souls one finds represen-
tatives from all parts of the United States and

Europe. Men of culture and education are plenty,
yet not always to be distinguished by their dress or
appearance. Society is still agreeably free and un-
conventional. People are so crowded together, live
in so primitive a fashion for the most part, and are,
perhaps (many of them), so glad to escape from re-
straint, that they are more natural, and hence more
interesting, than in the older States. Owing to the
latter cause, no doubt, it is sometimes difficult to
recognise the staid New Englander in the sun-
burnt individual in sombrero and riding-boots, who
smokes his pipe, carries his pocket-flask, and tells
any amount of rollicking stories. He has simply
cast off his assumed shell, and is himself ; and I
must confess I like him all the better."
. • • •
claims' and lodes,'
classes of the community.
" Perhaps the thin air and alkali water' may ac-
wcohuineht f
seem
them t rageo po s
possess
owningal
Every man you meet has his pocket full of speci-
mens.' When you are introduced to a stranger, he
produces a piece of blossom rock,' a ' sulphuret,'
or a ' chloride.' The landlord of the hotel where
you stop confidentially informs you that he owns
25,000 feet—' the richest lode in the country—
assays $1,300 to the cord, sir.' The clerk is the
happy possessor of 10,000 feet; the porter (where
there is any) has at least 5,000 ; while the cham-
bermaid boasts of her own Susanna Lode,' or
Bridget Lode.' The baker has specimens beside
his bread ; the dispenser of lager beer looks impor-
tant and mysterious ; the druggist is apt to give
you chlorides' instead of aperients ; and the
lawyer who takes his fees in 'feet' (money being
scarce) dreams of realising millions after the Pacific
Railroad reaches Denver.' "
Mr. Peabody, in addition to his acts of unparal-
leled benevolence, has bestowed $1,000,000 Mis-
sissippi Planters' Bank Bonds, on which overdue
interest has accumulated since 1840, for the pro-
motion and encouragement of intellectual, moral,
or industrial education in the South-Western
States. We are authorised to state that in August
last, when an appeal was made to the British public
for the endowment of Virginia College, the com-
mittee of cotton bondholders, pursuant to the
powers vested in them by the bondholders when-
ever a satisfactory arrangement of that loan takes
place, agreed on behalf of themselves and their con-
stituents to subscribe bonds for the endowment of
the said college to the amount of £lO,OOO, or
$50,000, and their subscription is entered in the
subscription list collected by the Rev. Mr. Stuart,
of Staunton, Virginia, and is doubtless now entered
in the archives of the College of Virginia.
Dr. Mary Walker lectured on temperance last
Monday night at Fetter-lane Chapel. There was
no disturbance, and at the close of the lecture Dr.
Mary received a bouquet, along with a vote of
thanks.

It is said that Charles Sumner is to retire from
political life at the close of his present Senatorial
term and spend several years in Europe ; that ex-
Governor Andrew will be a candidate for his place,
and also Governor Bullock ; that Hon. John B.
Alley will then be Governor of Massachusetts ; that
Generel Butler will be the next nominee of the Re-
publican party for President, and that B. G.
Walker, one of the coloured representatives in the
Legislature, will run for Congress in Banks' dis-
trict when his term expires.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher does not favour the
movement in the House of Representatives for
impeachment.
Mr. Cyrus W. Field will return to America in the
Great Eastern, March 20.
Charles 11. Thompson, an American gentleman
residing in Paris, by a contribution of £4OO has
sustained last year twelve young men in Milan in