Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-09

may be instituted against the Supreme Court,
and radical change he structure of our
institutions be mad.
AMNESTY AND PARDON
Since the re-4-sembing of Congress very
little has been done. The time in the House
uas been mostly occupied IN speech -maAing
It beng impossible mu ch Of the time 10 do
any business from want OF quorum. la the
Senate, the House bill taking from the Presi-
dent the power OF amnesty and pardon in COZ
iscation cases, passed tC-iay. TINS power
dangerous rs it was. AID disastrous as IL has
proved ia tie hands OF Johnson might We
been N de blessing by INQUEST man. Ia
stead OF granting, a. l. were, q prize for tTea-
son. it would have been au effective instTu-
ment IN removing the disability from men
who 10 good faith, gave up their ;raltorCu
SCH mes aud would have taught the most
yiolsn, rebels the only way to pesce and
honor. Bat ussd as 1t was, no wonder that
many saw IN Mr. J huson's amnesty proolama-
ton MARKS OF deep-Ia!d pot "a band hum
self up q party by tle union OF the democracy
Of toe Nor,h-whom any bad man could gain
and tbe arIstocracY IF the South. with
which he might gain and perpesuate absolute
power. l. - c.r,aInly 20 5e regretted that
this clause could not have been repealed be-
fore, and thus prevented the disgraceiui pur-
chase OF pardons, ana the abominable things
which have ,ransyired in the u bite House ID
connection herewith Undoubtec the Pres
ldent will ,cso his bill. but vetoes are Of lit
tie account nov, and = would hardly be re-
TUNED before IT ives re-passed.
Tux SUFFRAGE BILL
ihe 81 Eage bill has not vet become law,
"a nd no answer has been heard from 1t. 1t
was sent 10 thc President during the recess.
and if vetoed must soon be returned. Some
anxiety = manifested TO see what his answer
will be, and how re will demon strase his
irier aship Tor the negro, so much superior TO
that of the radical mem bers OF Congress.
THK NEBRASKA BILL.
The Nebraska question has net yet been
decided. and the Indications at present are,
that with The opposition of the President. the
two ttrriiorlts OF Nebraska aud Colorado can
not become states. his Is to he regretted,
for the advantages arising from the existence
OF these states-ihe increas ed power in the
Senate, ,he aid in the passage OF the constitu-
tional amendment, the pushing of state gov
ernmens along the line of The Pacific railroad
even to lie Pacific cosst, and multituder Of
OtheIs-would ST Efficiently compensate for any
present difficulty.
NEW ORLEANS COMMITTEE.
Tie New Orleans committee have furnished
their Investigation and are now on their way
here. The resuir will be awaited with grea,
'Inpatenee, especially as both parties have
charged the blame en- each other with so much
I BITTERNESS
MARYLAND AND SWAMI.
Poor Maryland, With such a legislature
and such Governor, lear she is doomed
The Legislature has met, and Swami has pub'
| iished MS message. To call The message q
=" whiiewaehirg," one would in no degree ex-
| pres its character, tor whitewash could never
cover up and excuse such enormous and dia-
| bolicai crimes ae he would make mere sport:
| and psstines ooior them you will, the
| crimson will be seen. OF course, he iays the
blame ior the little dffculty-generally called
riot by Radcais-sE the negro camp-meet-
ing last Summer, entirely the murdered
negroes declared The selling into slavery oil
blacks found guilty of slight offenses, hu
name and benth cebt trovisIon, and only to b,
repealed, toTsoot b, because The hites hav,
not the game privilege advises the sdoIrlor
of new constitution, the charging the gov
ernn,rt oi Baltimore, ard advocates every
thing that he most violent rebel could desire
It is 4 great blessing that there are q,
mere such states Maryland in the Union
ana Ue ~ jtir such men as Swami. W.
\ large portion OF the CRYSTAL Palac, a,
Sydenham, England, which has been usei fol-
the exhibition OF tropical products was des.
troyed by ire on The morning of the list Of
December. The damage amounts to nea riy
81 500 900.
MAsoNIC.-rhe annual session of the Grand
Lodge o! Masons in Vermont. co nmences ,ts
session here to-day. II will be in session two
or three days.
PERsoNAL.-UenTy Clark, Esq, OF the
Rutland Herald, Grant .crslasv OF tina
Grand Lodge of Masous 10 this State. ia in
town, in attendance upon tue session OF the
Lodge.