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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-08
THE yRgsnuEN.

The relations Of the General Government to
wards the four millions Of inhabitants whom the
war has called into freedom. have engaged my
most serious consideration. On the propricty OF
attempting to makethc freedmen electors by the
proclamation OF the Executive, l took for my
counsel the Constitution ITSELF the interpretations
Of that instrument by its authors and their cou.
temporaries. and recent legislation by Congress
When, at the first movement towards iudepen-
dence. the Congress Of the United States instruct
ell the several States to institute governments Of
their own, they let each State to decide for itself
the conditions foe the enjoyment Of the elective
franchise, During the period of the Coniederacy,
IN the qualifications Of electors In the several
states; AMI even uithinA State n distinction of
qeahncations prevailed with regard 10 the officers
who were TO be chosen. Erii'T ~ ~ =, -"
The Consultation of the United State. re,oyn;r.
49, .nsse ayers,ies when i enjoins that, in the
cno'ce OF members OF the House OF Rsprcs.n,..
tives OF the United States, 'the eleotor. IN
State shall have the qualifications reou,si,s ~.
electors OF the most numerous branch OF tha q, y,
Legislature" After the formation of ,hs C,ns.,
tuition, IL remained. ~ before, the uniform uss".
for each State to enlarge the body OF its electors
according 10 It's own Judgment and, under mi.
system, one State after another has proceeded "a
increase the number OF its electors, until now uni.
ycrul suffrage, or something very near Il, IL this
general rule. So fixed Was this reservation Of
power in the habits Of the people. and 30 unques
Toned has been the Interpretation Of the cons,i
tuition. that during the civil war the late President
never harbored the purpose certainly never
syowed the purposs-of Designating i and 10
the acts OF Congress, during that period, nothing
can he found which, during the continuance o.
hostilites much less AFTER their close. would have
sanctioned any departure by the Executive from
policy which has % uniformly obtained. More
over. concession Of the elective franchise 10 thu
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-08

most Importance to uaugurate just policy
which shSu at once 30 put in motion. and which
shah commend itself TO those who como aher rs
g e y 'Ssss H as D.. VIZ
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-08

Call at rwambly 4 Clsaves'. Crystal Arcade,
Cor Christmas. New Years and Bridal Presently.
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-12-08
AFFAIRS WITH GREAT BRITAIN.


conduct were most disastrous to the States then
in rebellion, increasing their desolation and
misery by the prolongation OF our civil contest.
1t had, moreover, tho effect, to great extent,
to drive the American Gag from the sea, and to
transfer much of our shipping and our com
inerce to tho very Power whose subjects had
created the necessity OF snch o change. These
events took place before was called to the adj
ministration of the Government The sincere
desire for peace by which nm animated, led
me to approve the propost al already made, to
submit the question which had thus arisen be-
tween the countries to arbitration. These
questions arc of such moment that they must
hnvo commanded the attention ,of tho. great
Powers, and are 60 interviewer with the peace
and interests Of every one Of them Us to have
ensured m impartial decision. regret to in'
. form You that Great Britain declines the ar-
bitrancnt. butt on tho Other hand, invited us
to the formation OF O joint commission 10 setie
mutual claims between the two countries, from
which those for tho depredations before men:
toned should DO excluded. The proposition
in that very unsatisfactory FORM las ossn de-
clned.. ~. t.ln .bt. 3GL =. ll. g.
;ect as an impeachment OF the good ia,tn Q, q
Power which was protesting the most Ir'eno,y
dispositions. but asinvulvlng qncs'onso, pun
lie law, Of which the settlement is essentlsl 70
tho peace Of nations: and, though pecanlary
PREPARATION to their injured citizens would have
followed incidentally on . decision against
Great Britain, suoh computation was not t6eir
primary object, Tho. hid . higher motive,
and Il was IN the interests Of pcace and justice
to establish important principles OF inferno,
t;onsl law. The correspondence will 30 placed
before you. The ground on which the b.li n
Mipistsr rs.s his Justification %. substantially,
that the municipal law OF nation, and the
domestic interpretations Of that law; are the
measures of is duty a. neotral; and i lee!
bound 10 declare my opinion, before you ana
before tho world. that that justihcstion cannot
DO sustained before tho tribunal q nations nisas
, 1865-08-04
I've Been Thinking.

I've been thinking I've been thinking,
What glorious world were this,
Did folks mind their own business more
Aud mind their neighbors less.
For instance, you and my friend,
Are sadly prone to talk
Of matters that concern us not,
And others fOllies mock
Tve been thinking, if we'd begin
To mind our own affairs,
That possibly our neighbors might
Contrive to manage theirs.
We've faults enough at home to mind
1t may be true of others;
1t would seem strange if it were not,
Since all mankind are brothers.
o. would that we had charity
For every man and woman
Forgiveness is the mark Of those
Who know to err is human.n
Then let us banish jealousy
Let's lift our fallen brother,
And as we journey down life's road,
Do good to one another.
, 1865-08-04
WHAT'S Home.

Homes not made ofpalace walls,
Though with pictures hung and glided.
Home IS where affection calls
Filled with shrines the heart has builded;
Homel to which the faithful dove
Sails beneath the heaven above US,
Home is where there's one to love-
Home is where there's one to love us.
Homes not merely roofand room;
Home needs something to endear it;
Home is where the heart can bloom,
Where there's some kind lip to cheer it.
WHAT'S home with none to meet,
None to welcome, none to greet us Y
Home is sweet-and only sweet
Where there's one we love to meet US.
, 1865-08-04

CooL.-A Russian soldier recently, while en-
ioying himself at rustic ball in one ofthe Polish
villages, boasted that he could put bullet
through mans hat at one hundred PAGES with
out touching his head. A peasant accepted the
wager, but in order to foil the marksman,
squeezed his hat so low down over his eyes that
the ball went through hat and head both, and
left him a corpse upon the ground. The soldier
was sentenced to a months Imprisonment for
homicide by imprudence, but he appealed
against his sentence, alleging that the fault lay
with the peasant and Offering at the same time
to repeat the experiment with the Judge, provi-
ded the latter did not %bonnet himself SO COM
pletely" lie Moniteur de IArmee, from which
we extract the story, does not inform us whether
the learned functionary accepted the soldiers
very liberal offer.
, 1865-08-04

GAME IN THE SoUTH.-For the past four years
men have been so earnestly engaged in hunting
down and shooting one another, says southern
paper, that game of all kinds in the South, has
had comparative holiday. The consequence
has been an enormous multiplication of quad
rupeds. Deer and bear aie reported to have re-
appeared in districts where they had not been
seen for many years prior to the commencement
of the war. Quails and rabbits literally swarm
in the desolated settlements of Virginia, and it
is stated that last summer partridges actually
made their nests in some of the streets OF
Charleston. The fact is that large tracts OF
land in the South, which were highly, cultiya-
ted and by means sparsely populated at the
beginning of the rebellion, have approached the
condition of the primeval Wilderness.
, 1865-08-04

THE OUTRAGE UPON CoRPsE.-The Albany
Evening Journal, leading Republican paper,
in speaking of the disposition which has been
made of the body of Booth, says:
"But there can be no question as to the un-
mitigated horror with which the civilized world
would regard the spectacle of great Govern
ment in this enlightened land, in the broad sun
shine of this nineteenth century, pursuing with
spite an inanimate body-venting the fury of an
aimleSs vengeance upon decaging corpse, 1t
was Scroggs who upon the Kings Bench of
England, added to the sentence Of men con-
demned to hang for treason, the order that they
should be fayed, quartered, diseInbcwled ard
burned. Has the name of Scroggs so bright q
luster upon the page of history that any Ameri-
can desires to write his own beside it2 We all
remember what thrill of indignation went
through the land when we learned that the body
Of poor Uric Dahlgren had been outraged. -
There is sacredness about death, a solemnity
which invests its surroundings with peculiar
awe, and a sentiment that is the result of centu-
ries of Christian development is not likely to be
changed by the madness of hour. There
would be nothing to envy in the future reputa-
tion of a man believed to be privy to quartering
or burning even the body of so base murder
er"
, 1865-08-04

It stated as a significant fact, in the expe-
rience Of prison-keepers, that, while wives con-
stantly visit and condole with their husbands
when imprisoned, husbands seldom never
visit their erring wives in prison, but almost
Invariably desert them in their trouble. And
yet how many of these poor women have suf-
fered brutality at the hands Of their criminal
Husbands.
, 1865-08-04

THE "DEs1RABLE" PEW.-A pew in a Con-
gregational meeting house is thus advertised
for sale in the Aherst Mass. Express:
A pew in the Westinghouse of the first par
ish in Amherst. The man that owns the pew
owns the right of space just as long as the pew
is, from the bottom of the Westinghouse to the
top or roof, and he can go as much higher as
he can get If a man will buy my pew and sit
in it on Sundays and repent and be a good man
he will go to heaven, and my pew is as good q
place to start from any pew in the meeting
house.
, 1865-08-04

A MINISTER AND HIS SALARY Some
years ago a minister Of some talent having.
preached to a congregation five years, and
falling to get his. salary, placed, his claim in
the hands of an officer of the Law. Not long
after some half a, dozen preachers, who were
attending a protracted meeting, were dis
cussing the matter, and they agreed that
the brother had done very wrong. One of
the number suggested The laborer is
worthy of his hire" An old minister re-
piled, "Sir, admit that the laborer is wor-
thy of his hire, provided he does good work,
but if man breaches to a congregatinp FIVE
years and does not teach them common hon
esty he has no right to any pay"
, 1865-08-04

CoNTRovERsY.-This very good reason
for avoiding controversy is taken from Dr.
Holmes "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,"
off fellow attacked my opinion in print,
woald I reply NotI. Do you think that
l don't understand what my friend, the Pro-
fessor, long ago called they hydrostatic par.
adox Of controversy? Don't know what
that means Well, I'll tell you. You
know if you had bent tube, one arm of
which was the size of pipe stem, and the
other big enough to hold the ocean, water
would stand in the same height in one as
the other? Controversy equalizes fools and
wise men in the same way, and the fools
know it."
, 1865-08-04

THE STAKs--Rarely do we see three of the
most beautiful planets on the same evening
Venus, the evening star, Mercury, and Saturn,
with his magnificent and LUMINOUS ring, are the
ones to which we refer. Mercuryois about sixty
three millions Of miles from the earth, and Ve-
nus thirty-two millions; whilst Saturn, at its
nearest distance or nearly SO, is fourteen hun
dred millions of miles.
, 1865-08-04

A PIECE OF Coon ADvIoE--Never
try to seem wiser or more learned than the.
people you are with. Wear your learning
like your watch, in private pocket, and do
nat pull it out and strike it merely to show
that Won have IL
, 1865-08-04

There are pQlpits in Christendom from which
prayers may be received as curses.
, 1865-08-04

letter to Admiral Dahlgren, at Charleston, sent
him by feet steamer from Wilmington, on the
25th of April, two days before the brawlers of
Richmond had impaired to Gen. Halleck the i'm
portant secrets of Davis movements designed,
doubtless, to stmulate his troops to march their
legs off to caE heir treasure for their own
use. know that Admiral Dahlgren did
receive my lettac an the Goth; before had even
thought of the matter. But don't believe a
word of the treasure story; it is absurd on its
face; and Gen. Halleck or anybody has my full
permission to chase JEFF. Davis and Cabinet,
with their stolen treasure, through any part of
the country occupied by my command
The last and most obnoxious feature Of Cen
eral Halleck's dispatch is where he goes,out of
his way and advises that my subordinatesa Cen
erals Thomas, Stoneman and Wilson, should be
instructed "not to obey Sherman scommapds" /"
This is too much, and turn from the subject
with feelings too strong for words merely record
ing my belief that so much mischief was never
before embraced in so small space as the
newspaper paragraph headed "Sherman's truce
disregarded," J" authenticated as "oficial' by Mr..
Secretary Stanton, and published in the news
papers of April %.
, 1865-08-04

NEGRO SUFFRAeE IN CoNNEoTICUT.-An Alb
olition papers says
"The Connecticut Legislature by two-thirds
vote and over has adopted a constitutional
amendment striking out the word ''white, and
giving the negro the ballot. So far as the Leg
slature can speak for it, the land of steady
habits goes for universal suffrage. 1t is vic
tory on the side of freedom that at any time
would have been important, and never more so
than now. For ras we Of the North have great
battle to fight in order to secure suffrage to the
negro at the South, it behooyes us to clear our
own skirts from stain as rapidly as possible.
The amendment goes now to the people of
Connecticut, and we have notice in advance
from the Democratic party that it is to be re-
sisted at the polls. Party lines will be drawn
tightly on that side against the amendment
we hope they will be drawn tightly on our side
in favor of it, But we hope still more that the
good sense of every Republican, as well as ev-
cry Democratic voter will teach him that it is
alike impolitic and unjust to forbid his black
neighbor to vote because he is black and that a
party avowedly based on moral ideas and devo-
ted to free principles has no business to turn its
back on the cause of universal suffrage.
, 1865-08-04
NEW TIN SHOP.
Painting.

#. b. HAWLEY, HOUSE AND SIGN AND
Carriage Painter All kinds Of jobs in the line done
with neatness, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Paper-Hanging and Glazing done to Order.
Shop on Main Street, doors below Kraft's Livery
Stable.
Walla Walla, March 81, 1865. l7tf
, 1865-08-04

Mrs Jones says there is something inexpres-
sibly sweet in little girls. ayes, and it grows
on. 'em as they get bigger" adds our good
friend Stephen.
, 1865-08-04

Poor consolation for us survivors-that 'th'
gooddie first"
, 1865-08-04

The love of liberty is given with life, and lits
is the gift of heaven.
, 1865-08-04
VOLUME Nv.
Gbe gaaIla gaaIla Statesman.

DUBLTSHED Every Friday Evening"
I Office, Statesman Building, Third street, next
door to Brown Bros & Co.'s freproof Brick Store.
r. R. and S. G. REEs, Editors and Propretors.
, 1865-08-04
Iron, Steel and Nails,

A. FULL assortment Just received and for sale
A at BROWN, BROS. G. cos.
, 1865-08-04

Whatever store you may set Syyoar son don't
put any liquor in it.
, 1865-08-04

Dry Goods.
II ATEST Spring and Summer Styles Just re-
CZceived and for sale at very low prices, at
BROWN, BROS & co.
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is every ones duty to keep mind and boz
dy SO engaged as to drive it off. Better
the direst poverty, a thousand times, than
distress such as is engendered by horrors
of mind of this sort Activity, with
health carefully kept, is sure to rout these
gaLgs of blue-devils that sometimes infest
the human brain and play such senseless
pranks with its delicate machinery
Work, but not too much work care, but
not too much care; variety of thought
and occupation; fresh air without end,
and the lungs full and resolution whose
back can never be broken, will give no
chance for suicide in any shape.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-03-15

THE OFFENDED DoG.-A gentleman
living in lodgings, having dog, which,
in wet and dirty weather, much annoyed
the mistress of the house, she desired it
might be put away. To comply with her
request, without thinking to do the ami
NAL any injury, the owner contriyed one
evening to enter the house, and shut the
door so suddenly that the dog was exclud-
ed. Being unwilling to lose his faithful
quadruped, he rose early the next morn
ing, and went in pursui: of it, and, to his
great joy, found it walking on wharf
which he had been accustomed to frequent.
He was, however, much mortified to find
that all his attempts to invite the creature
to his caresses were treated with the ut
most contempt. The dog, as if consci-
GUS of the unmerited insult it had receiv-
ed, disowned the man who had been cru
el enough to exclude it from the house.
Thus it continued, subsisting by rowing to
and fro, and no efforts or overtures could
eves Induce the dog to acknowledge Its
former master. The dog was finally ta-
ken oa b0sfd ship, and carried to sea.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-03-15

CoLoRED CUTENEss.- colored pas
tor of church, not thousand miles
from Bridgeport, was once desirous that
the conference should meet at his church
The people being aware that they must
board the ministers during their stay in
the city, was quite averse to their COM
ing. At meeting to consider the sub
ct of giving an invitation, the paste.
stated the proposition, and said,A
CAN those in favor of ofinvitiug the breth-
ren here will say yes; all opposed, no."
lie hen proceeded to put the question
but net single yes was heard Where
at he paused, looked around, and remark
ed =
"Silence gives consent. The confer.
ence will come"
At the concluding meeting, when a
collection was to be taken for the visiting
brothers, the pastor told the people that
it was necessary for all the brethren to
be back to their respective focks, that
they had no money to go with, and must
stay IN their present quarters till the cash
was raised. The dilemma was either to
board their visitors gratuously or pay
their fares home. We can guess how
they solved the problem.
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NUMBER ID

THE PANoRASA or AfRrcA.-aBus
how the deuce" asked Matthew Maltboy,
are you, OF anybody else, going to paint
what has never been discovered" I"
TITLES could hardly suppress smile at
the simplicity of the question. aWhy,"
said he, "that's easy enough Don't all
the gcographers tell us that the interior
of Africa is made W, SO far as known,
of alternate deserts and jungles, like the
patches on coverlet? Very well.
conform to this general principle of the
continent. put half of the canvas in
desert, and the rest in jungle, and | can't
be far out of the way. Take the idea?"
" Perfectly" said Matthew Alaltboy.
but fyou have nothing butalternate des-
erts and juugles, it strikes me your pan.
Drama will be little monotonous. Per.
haps am wrong" (Maltboy always Of
iered suggestions tmidly)
i have thought of that, and guarded
against it. l shall fill the jungles with
animated lile-elephants, lions. tigears.
panthers, leopards rhnoceroses. hippota-
muses., giraAes, zebras, crocodiles, boa
constructors, and other specimens of natu-
raj history indigenous to that delightful
region.
Good cried overtop; and if YOU
will take hint from me, you win show
your elephants in the act ofbeing caught
by natives, or engaged in combats with
each other; your lions fighting your IT,
gers OF yourrhinoceroses your hippopo-
muses. engaged in death struggles with
your crocodiles ; and your boa construct
ors gobbling down your natiyes-or, if
that is Objectionable on the score of hu.
manity, your monkeys"
"Ihank you for the hint. but the ex-
pense and the necessity of completing the
panorama at an early day put it out of
the question. TO paint accurate repre-
sentations Of these animals engaged in
their innocent sports, would occupy the
time ola first class artist for months, and
cost an enormous sum"
"Ah, | see, " interrupted ouortop, WHO
liked to show that he snatched the mean
ing "you will put your animals in re-
cumbent misunderstanding, perhaps, in
the depth of ngles, shaded from the
fierce rays Of the Equatorial sun"
"You havo suggested it," said TITLES,
with & broad smile. 'Nlost of them will
be just therc--out of sight. The others
will be suggested rather than introduced
Elephants will be signifed by their trunks
appearing above the top of the dense over
growth. Lions, tigers and other quad
rupeds, by the tips of their tolls. A / oa
constructor will be expressed by a head,
coil, and bit of tail showing at inter-
walls. The one horn of the rhinoceros
will always tell where he is. Ishall have
two small lakes (they are scarce IN Afri-
ca) for my hippopotamusesa and erocodiles.
If they exhibit only small portions of their
heads above the surface that is not my
fault, 1t is the nature of the beasts, you
know"
"Ha ha That is what call Art con-
cealing Art" said Ovortop.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-03-15

THE FUTURE.--While croakers see on
ly the clouds that now lie thick upon our
national horizon and can only talk Of tho
immense loss Of life and money to put
down the rebellion the vast national debt
that is being created the steady decrease
of our commerce with Spanish America
the anuihilation of our whale fishery aud
the transfer Of our carrying business from
America to foreign bottoms, to escape
rebel pirates the misconduct of the milf
tary operations; the immense imitation of
our currency and many other revils, it may
be well for us occasionally to stimulate
our patriotism and confidence, in an over
ruling Providence, by looking beyond the
breakers and the clouds to where down
the stream Of time a glorious destiny
awaits our country and institutions,
The war and its numberless evils ara
transies in character. The misfortunes
over which croakers utter dire forbodings
will PASS away like the creations of unae-
sy dreams They will not make our fu-
turc. This will depend upon the charac-
ter of our institutions and the geographic
cal position that God has given US. No
man of any political party believes that
under any circumstances will our country
be ever anything but an independent and
free country. The seeds of Christian lib
erty have been ever too deeply planted in
the heart of the nation ever to be uproot-
ed. Efforts to roll back its mighty wheels
will be as vain as the transient success Of
European in monopolizing Spanish Amer
lean trade. They are alike laborous at
tempts to make water run up hill
The trade of South America, Mexico,
the West Indies, the South Sea Islands,
and of the Great Pacific must ultimately
he controlled by this country which is no
less enterprising and three thousand miles
nearer its customers than its European
rivals.