Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-12-12
WHOLE NUMBER 1921.
From. forHey's Press.
LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL"
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 9. &c.


the Thirty ninth Congress has Just closed
and all the indications are auspicious.-
The Presidents Message has produced.
little more impression than sleepy edi-
torial in the Nationa! InteNigeacer. Il
is the old story of treachery disguised in
some of Mr. Seward's faded rhetoric,
and touched off with the cheap logic of
an obsequious Attorney General So far
FROM an Original idea, it is the dismal iter-
alton Of rejected heresies and thread5are
fal'ehoods-so weary that it was listened
to without an apparent emotion, ard at
the end, and before its reading was fin
ished, the galleries were almost cleared.
Even the adherents of the President, in
every case his old opponents, held to him
by the lies cf Office or the expectation of
oihce, have no word to say in its yindi-
cation. The great majorities in Congress
treated 1t with open contempt, and laugh
ed at it as al argument thousand times
reiuted, and as the last feeble enunciation
of a recreant who although universally
repuIiated by his constituents, is still
weak enough to adhere to his ''porcy,"
and vain enough to believe that any class
of the people continue sincerely to tavo-
it. The Indifference with which the
message was received, was not the least
significant event Of the day. TIE pas
sage Of the bill repeating that section Of
the act of Congress, July II, 1852, au-
thorizing the President to extend amnesty
to the rebels, by an overwhelming vote in
the House, is only the beginning of eura-
tive and retributive legislation. So too of
Judge Kciley's proposition to dismantle
and remodel the wEole internal revenue
system, which, on a suspension of the
rules, was referred to the proper committee
This measure removes the whole patron
age under tha; tremendous system from
the President and the Secretary of the
Treasury, and gives il to the Supreme
Court Of the United States Another
great remedy is the bill Of Hoa. Thomas
Williams, If the Pittsburg or Allegheny
(Pa.) district, soon to be reported: sub
stantially providing for the suspension Of
the functions of any officer while he is on
trial for crimes and misdemeanors before
he Uni ted States Senate The passage
of such a statute closes the legal gap in
the impeachment argument and crystalizcs
the full power in Congress. The discus
sion of Andrew Johnson's outrages upon
solemn law and executive honor has es-
taLlished the necessity of such legislation,
and you may rest assured that neither his
own intrigues nor the threats of his para
sites, including the recent traitors, will
deter Congress from discharging all their
duties, even if among them is his own
impeachment.
| have never seen cur political friends
SO confident Of the justice and the strength
of their position. They return convinced
that every step that is decided upon af-
ter full delberation will be sustained by
the people, The sugg stive speech of
Chief Justice Cartier, of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, in
welcome of Congress, just pronounced
from the eastern portico Of the Capitol, in
the presence of the members Of both
bodies, and the bold and well considered
reply of Speaker Cofax, will give you a
better idea Of the pervading spirit in :ho
two Houses than anything [ could write.
Justice Cartier speaks not alone for the
loyal people of the District, but for tho
loyal millions outside; and Speaker Coll
fax undoubtedly :ru,hfully fcreshadowed
the policy of Congress. That Congress
is called upon TO provide Republican gov
for all the States Of the Union
md now, that the recent rebels have
lgain defed the laws of the land, and, in
he name Of an aris:ocracy worse than
my on the face Of the earth-an a1istoc.
'acy that was supposed to have gone down
n the &c j Of battlc-insist upon ruling
ountry they sought to ruin, there is but
me course left to those i'll whose hands
he public liberties have been placed by
he people. That course was plainly in
Heated in the reply of Speaker Coilax;
md he is an IDIOT, and worse, who sup
,oses that there is any human power on
his continent that will prevent the COM
,letion of the work it imposes upon the
representatives. Of the people.
OCCASIONAL