, 1865-11-20
Coming: Report Of the Sec
retary Of War.
DANGEROUS ILLNESS OF EA-
PRESIDENT PIERCE.
Disturbance Among the Military
at GEORGETOWN.
THE MEXICAN QUESTI0N---TExT OF
THE CONVENTION BETWEEN
FRANCE AND MEXICO.
Important From Matamo-
ras--The Liberals Raise
the Siege.

the Siege.
LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM
SOUTH AMERICA.
SERENADE TO SPEAKER
COLFAX.
An Eloquent and Highly Important
Speech.
WASHINGTON, Nor, 1B.-This evening q lnrpc
crowd OF friends ofSpeakef Colfax, repaired to hi4
qua1ters and complinlensed him with se.epade.
In response to earnest calls, he appeared and ad-
hit F,aESps: ihank you 10. ibis pleasant ser
cuadc with which you welcomed mt on my return
10 Ibis sphere Of public duty. since | left
hsn = 5oa e 3.
to the auspteious condition Of the country now, as
compared with the closing Of the LAST Consfess.
1hs9 a. alien and hosttls ag waysd over M onr cities
eaiIed % for 6y t1e President. NOW here is % PEACE
over al The snS md s o. o. he
insitutions unsi} the hour of iheir pail i've @ Ssa
the tomb Of nations. Dat. .hanks to on heroic
defenders, no G,bbon will write the history OF our
Decline and Fall [cheerp.] l shall hall the day
when al The States shall re1ol1e in their appsopn
when VIC can behold them
'sDIstind as the htllow1, but one rs the Sea-"
It VIZ eight yeass afler The surrender Of Yorktown,
In the revolutionary war. though our fathars were
Of one m'nd M 10 is necesstiics, before the Cons-
tnton wzs adopted and the Union thus established.
Ii is suspicious th3t the nhlcst Congress- that ever
sat during, ny kpo"lsdse of poblic Affair.", air;.,
before 1t. 1t Will not bc governed by any spirit Of
no Heht to anticipate its action, nes do ! eonane
thesc Ideas oeeur to me and fpesk Of them with
the 1anknese With which VIC should afHays express
our views. Last March, when Congress- adjourned,
hostile Cons1ess and cabinet, de.lsing ways aud
meanf tor The destruction Of the country. It may
not Be generally known, but i has neen repeated
20 called Confederate congress- th5t Gen lee, h
inca was utterly bopeess, but that their Congress
and 1000 men fell after that time on both sides Ia
snse see stss TS saa
rendered not an sd dG.n tS.1 Il: s,ep not
but The Union armies conquered d peace,
pot By any promise Of rolantasy submission. on ey
sne ,e agn.S Cnns y. .rhe ~ nv ~ r.ts e
adjournment ut March. xese &C. struggling A 70 blot
thts nauon !lom ine nap o. tne wuslot ps9poes.
70 cn1er FL % ne qag
business of govcrninE the country they struggled
min z Sur 5sg TT u ls,! .a. s
,f o,,r c,,,serce ~ the st.rsinn nv
prisoners and ralsIng arms TO destroy the Nation,
,orermerfa wera rsrocnivef r. I,on1rrxs SCbeersl
fHa i.1n.,itnt,on ,rhirR arems fI1med fnr aver
to esSa mSnss - 9s
rfnrns ~ al il member. md apprebend thew viii
exe1c1te int rrbf.-Eoncress hayipr passed no
az .shs o9 seon ar bess s.ss K6ea Ss
dre,ned inisnensibJe to their rtstoration 10 fher
farmer rclst,nn 10 lie Gnyernmenf. which thiut
1.f 1bst ihetr T Td5s1Trntion. shoold declare tha
,aIfons ordlnsnces Of eecceeiou aull ana void moi
a. some have dune, merely repeating them, but
et;tu;iouai amendment e1tincuishinc slavery,
int the cause Of dissen.ion md rebellion might s.
A. ihat ths Whole United st.,es repudtate the
,rhei deht. thourh by is terms IL viii be 1one
While before It klls due, IL It was payable III
This reminds me of an Old friend In Indianapols,
who eaid be lIed 10 give his notes payable teu days
after convenience. Laughter and cries Of good"
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p. "rI a;xa fndan, @ - ths siora In, 1"ciaI,3
IN, ,he t;ns.rn,oent won1i man ajn hat fesar,
fanniausc A. VI cannot % atanon thcr, and ieayc
a,p datnr.ess ~ the errv nf tber fnrmcr NV
Thev nT.i hs nro6ere ~ in thrir ,irhfs of ner,
I'm md nynne1ty. % ~ fhcss freemen n1nst hare The
ths IL -, ~ ,,-t. ~ in.ttco for I'll IN cta;,n'
IA ~ testify s1so a. A. IN hnya secnrity s~rnsf
! nu,r.oe H " M rTncne r.ij them frceyneT, not
fanaTnsn w m la nhra.e MIGHT h,re f,cs1 sns
hni .hev .Snmid hs rernrins nov "A freme11 of the
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* Thc .n,eud-nt. ~ ,het, Ststa Cnnstitnt,on,
III, tnS t N ndn1tea ~ manv n thef] Ststs
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aar can. snvHtu " III Il, snow - Inst hnt rsry
pcoRm@ pgm ,ortcn IT. the,p voter nartic,ns,ed X
a nJ e1r na.e,r " nSs III the Cnnventinns
ars u ,eeie-e them Il, Tore Without any nn1iiira.
nase a ~ ~ .,anfa WIZ, ths ryis,, IL. nasssd
an rev - MT inn, nronnd md s.y tInt thee Wefs
| etiontcd nn1rT dnTess. hv deeTates e1ertetf nv \
mc1r1r vnts- nndeT pr3yisfnnsi t;oyefnnr. ind
miitary authontics. and never ratideG bv a bonn.
rTois: and could ihey moi inn over The anti:fe
cnmntor, ~ arrnuent acainst IN. md fnsist. a. re
d1 9H.t 1Emstitntian M, r.t1aea hy the neon.e
may h.S. ,f1sct hnt m nos,i cfT;ct wkafcrrrf
& Tho p,esid"nt ~ S,n ~ III oreasinns' fnsfst
harfa sis-4 - ~ Vim ro,,,d tcte
the nsth nrescrfhrs hy the acf NJ 1s2: hut IL ded