Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-21
SUNDAY NIGHTS REPORT


EDtbusInStic Johnson Mee1ing at
E'hiIadeIPhIa-SPeecheS ny Sena.
tors COwmns and DOOIIIIIe. ~.
PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-The Academy
Of Music was crowded fortnight to its full
est extent by an enthusiastic audience of
ladies and gentlemen, to listen to speeches
| by Senators Cowan and Doollttle in support
| Of President johnson. Henry Simon, ESQ,
occupied the chair. rIf
Senator Doolittle, after treating the sub
ject OF the rebellion aud the present issue
before the country, declSed that the man
who denies the Union Of the Stltes under
the Constitution, is himself disunionist.
Enthusiastic applause. He refuted the
many claInors that had been raised against
the PERSONAL character Of the President, and
expressed his firm belief that no man liy-
Ing was more assiduously and conscien-
tiously engaged In the discharge Of his duty
to his country than Andrew Johnson
Loud applause He illustrated the pol
Icy of President Lincoln in the recon-
mendatiOn of Louisiana and Arkansas
to admission into the Union, which
policy had been indorsed at the Baltimore
Convention and by majority in both
Houses Of Congress year ago, to show
that the policy of President Johnson was
not new one, but that IL was in obedience
to the wishes Of the Union party, Instead
of the President proving false, the men
who were now leading the Union party
were perverting its grand objects and in
tentions-the restoration OF the Union and
enforcement OF the laws. r~
Senator Cowan followed in an eloquent
argument in defense of aud sustaining the
law by virtue of which the rebellion had
been crushed. The Presidents plan of re-
construction relies alone upon the author
ity OF the cOnstitutiOn-the law of the land.
lCheers.l II the Southern people had not
forgotten their obedience to the Con-
StitutiOn there would have been no
rebellion. He was opposed to any
amendment of the Constitution at the
present time. Great and continued APP
plause.l As endcrsers of the Presidents pol
icy, he would mention Seward, Stanton,
Wells, Grant, Sherman. Meade, IIallerk and
others. Cheering.l On the other hand, in
opposition, he placed the names of Stevens,
Butler and others. Mingled Kisses and
slight applause In conclusion, Mr.. Cow
an said that his hope was in the virtue and
integrity of the people, both north aud
south. The Southern people had suffered
severely, and now was the time TO extend
mercy, after they had surrendered to the
law. ''
After other speeches by distinguished
gentlemen, the meeting adjourned. .
The European Political Situation.
New YORK, Nav 20.-The Herald's cor
respOndence from Paris. Madrid and Berlin,
gives a resume of the European political
Situation up to the fifth inst. NapOleon's
declaration to the French legislature,
through NJ. R)ucher, Minister of State, as
TO the pacific and neutral course of France
toward Germany ana Italy, had not assur-
ed the mind of the French people, and they
remained keenly alive to the danger OF
their country being plunged into bloody
war on either side of the German question,
whenever it suited the Emperor TO inter-
fere, under his very dubious reservation of
perfect freedom of action. Indeed it was
more generally conceded, since the delivery
OF the official statement that France is
cOntentedly governed bya One-man power,
and enjoys little will of her own.
Mr.. jacobson, who was United States
Secretary of the Interior under Mr.. Buch-
snan. was in Paris some time in the char
acter Of reconstructed rebel, and declares
he is opposed to the re-establishment of
slavery.
Spain was quietly moving towards COM
Dlete change of government. The ex-
Queen Christina was near Madrid, and IA
vored the project with her well matured
counsel.
News of the bombardment of Valparaiso
had not reached Madrid, and Admiral
NuneZ was again ordered to avenge the in
suits offered to Spain IN the Pacific.
1t was hinted that Russia would seriously
object to Prussia becoming great naval
power by possessing the Baltic forts of the
late Danish duchies.
Precautionary Measures.
Washington specials to the morning pa
pers have the following:
The committee on Banking and Currency |
have another meeting this morning, and it !
is reported they have nearly perfected |
plan for the prevention in future of such |
affairs as that at the Merchants National |
Bank of this city.
Financial.
The total internal revenue receipts for !
the week are S3,566,l4l.
The following disbursements were made |
last week by the Treasury for the respec- |
tive departments: War, Slll,347; Navy, |
|. l.lO9,2SS; Interior, S235, 256. Total, Sl,456,-
SOL.
Fifty Clerks Discharged.
Fifty clerks were discharged from the |
Treasury Department to-day for incom- |
potency and lack of employment.
SPain'S Motives In Making War
ON SOuIh American RePubIi.
cans. sr-. |
The Peruvian Secretary for Foreign Af-
fairs published circular setting forth the
motives of the SDaniards in commencing