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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-23

| TRK VIRrUoUs ISp.GNATIon of the
Copperhesd and hermaphrodite pres:
over the attempted exercise of influence
upon the Republican members of the
Impeachment Court having about ex.
hausted itself, we beg, if i, be in order
to rise for moment to question oil
privilege while we call attention to the
following bit of Democratic history
which seems to have escaped the an
themas Of those pure and exalted pa
triots. Says newspaper scrap which
found lis way, almost unnoticed through
the grand rounds y of the press a
month or more ago:
When Johnson was about to be impeached,
Thomas L. Jones, Representative in Con-
gress from the Sixth District of Kentucky,
teiegraphed to one of his constituents at
Newpor, the following excited message:
WASHINGTON, February 24th.
J. r. Hallam: Ring the bells Call out
the people. Sustain the President. Send
on resolutions THOMAS l.. JONES.
Thus spurred by lightning, the faithful
did ring the bells and did get together in
the Court house. where they had some mixed
war and peace talk, and adopted some reso-
lutions.
Now nobody has seen fit to take
Jones to task for this unwarrauted
attempt to influence the sworn jurors in
the Impeachment Court" and we infer
therefrom that by some course of rea-
soning best known to themselves, the
complainants against the Maine and
Missouri congressman have agreed to
excuse that ezcifable and clangor ill.,
voking kentuckian. But while excus-
ing jones and condemniug the action
OF Fessenden's and Henderson col
leagues, have these sticklers for pro-
prietv, nothing to say in condem nation
of the New York World for uttering
such sentiments as the following?
The commerce and concerns of this city
alone are too vast, too vital, to withstand
the threatened shock, and it becomes bust
ness men, holders of property, and all who
have present or prospective interest in the
Of the city and country, to make |
an investment now which will avert the
ruin that will certainly follow the overthrow
of this Government, as is proposed in the
elevation of Wade to the Presidency. Let
the men of wealth in this city, without re-
gard to party, assemble at the Exchange, or
in the Cooper Institute, and subscribe
sufficient sum-SlO 900 600 if need be-to
buy favorable verdict. There are IA Rad
zeal Senators whose terms of Office expire in
1869. Beyond that time, they are sure of
no political position; so far as they know
now, they are certain of no paying place"
Surely, as man as eight Of these men ,rould
ar rather be sure Of a million each an
aand than to rat for tie uncertainty Of a
5000 office by and By. Let as buy their
'otes at their Otcs price. When we consider
he commercial and pecuniary interests at
take in this city alone, Sl0,0GO,000 now is
mere triie in comparison. Let US buy the
erdict which is so vital to the interests of
b city.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-23

Boston, May l9.-The Senate Of Massa-
chusetts refused to pass the bill to abolish
the State Constabulary over the Governors
veto. +-r. 500 go
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-05-23

AYEAR ago. man paid 81 900 for some
Land in Omaha. He has just sold it to 4
railroad company fer S33,0OO.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29
Tho Fight Agninst Ben Ra.Ier.

The contest for Congressional honors in the
Fifth district in Massachusetts constitutes o
curious episode in the present canvass. The
district is now, as is well known, represented
by the irrepressible General Butler, and the war
is, curiously enough, waged by the radicals
Of whom Butler has been an acknowledged
leader-against the General to Dust him from
This is practically the war between Grant and
Butler revived in q new shape, with what re-
suit remains to be seen. Butler 10 not a
saint. He does not profess to be q saint.
His antecedents and proclivities are alto
gether Of q different character. He occu-
pies the position Of Satan visiting Eden,
and If elected to Congress--the radical
Eden--he will be as full Of mischief and create
as much of a row and rioting among the
faithful as his great prototype did in the early
history of mankind. He Is made Of just the
stuff to give the radicals In Congress great
deal Of trouble. If ever a state of things ex-
listed that invited the presence OF the Devil,
Congress next session will be the place and
DOH OutLCA suO kCpiCoOns0ssvo A0As Az van
rip up all the radical plots, corruptions jobs
and juggleries from top to bottom. He will
expose the rottenness Of radicalism from root
to branch. The radicals know and feel this,
and hence the opposition that besets him In his
district. Hence is it that by singular up
heaval Of the political elements we find the
party mummies Of remote age coming to the
surface, and, joining hands with the long
haired radical nondescripts of the present Pc
Rod, the stiff-necked and Puritanical embodi-
ments of the hour, the ''bloated bondholders, "
the bubbling Bohemians and the babhling blue
stockings of Massachusetts,, going into fight
against fery-tongued, Satanic, INSCRIPTIONS
and audacious publicist like Ben Butler. Ger
tain iniquities can only be fought with fire,
and Butler is the fitting torch-bearer. The
democrats should go en- masse for him. There
is no chance for electing their candidate, and
Butler will answer all their purposes in shaking
up the radical dry bones. II he should turn
out to be a reformer, so much the better. 1t
will be new rale for him, and one in which,
properly and vigorously carried out, he will
win much applause and perhaps distinction.
So, then, let the democrats Of the Essex dis
trict unite with Buffers friends and secure his
triumphant reelection to Congress.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29

merce than they ever would have been had
they remained colonies, Cuba would be more
valuable to Spain, in a commercial point Of
view, than it is now. In every point OF
view, therefore, 1t would be better for Spain
under existing circumstances to turn the
island over to the United States. As
to the Cubans, they would become moro
prosperous, their property would increase In
value, and they would have the high privilege
Of being citizens Of this mighty republic.
which is destined to be the greatest and richest
country on the globe.
TO the United States Cuba would be vaiu-
able in many respects. 1t would give us
q monopoly Of the sugar production of the
world, as we now have of the cotton; 1t
would enlarge our commerce vastly and
and add TO our other varied resources num-
Der OF tropical productions; it would give us
the key, in military and naval point Of view,
to the control Of the Gulf Of Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea. We should not only make the
negro labor available under freedom and pro-
per management, but, in the course Of year
or two, when the Pacific Railroad shall be
completed, we should pour millions of indus
trious Chinese upon the fertile soil of Cuba.
The island is capable of almost unlimited pro-
duction, and with American capital and enter
prise it would become the richest spot on the
earth. Now is the time for Spain to part with
Cuba and the United States to acquire it. We
call upon our government not to neglect such
favorable opportunity, but to open nego-
tiation with Spain at once for the acquisition
Of the "Gem of the Antilles"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29
Secession In Oregon-Governmcn by tho
Minority.


By way of San Francisco and the telegraph
we hear from Oregon that a party quarrel
between members of the Legislature in that
State has resulted in such harm as the sus-
pension Of the functions Of the Legislature for
The time being may cause. The republican
members, refusing to accept the will of the
people as the law Of the land, caring more for
party than for their oaths, have done exactly
IN their limited sphere what the Southern
4hembers of Congress did on grander scale
in 1861. They have resigned and withdrawn
in body This is the answer, we suppose,
Of the republicans in Oregon to the verdict of
the people at the polls in the last election in
that State. Resigning their posts was the last
means left to these republican members to
smbarrass the majority, and SO, needless of the
harm that might result to public interests they
adopted it. The result is, to leave the Legis-
hture without quorum to render 1t impossi-
Die for it to do any official business to nullify
It as governing body. The exact bearing aud
breadth Of the matter cannot yet be seen. Ii
the Governor Is In collision with the deserving
members, as his ready acceptance OF their
designations may imply, II is probably under
stood that by his failure to appoint day for
new elections the retiring members will not
be replaced. The consequence then will be
that legislative term has been effectively
blotted out, and the popular majority that gave
this Legislature its peculiar character is
cheated Of its turn and opportunity in the
government of the State.
Without regard to party or particular results,
this is fragrant political dishonesty-an act
whose tendency is to degrade lawmakers to
the level Of cock fighters by contemplate trick
cry. We see in the light of such facts that our
ancient notion that the majority rules is not
true, unless there is minority that is honest.
Or practically it comes to this in government,
that the majority, to rule, must be very large
majoritya majority SO large that the minority
shall be deprived of power altogether
a majority, for instance, as the radicals have
lately had in Congress; and then we fall into
another evil, for then the minority is no check
upon the majority, and it IS tyrannical. MAORI
ties must be large enough TO give them q quo
rum in lawmaking bodies. This is the new
political formula. The democratic majority in
Oregon was not large enough for this, SO the
republicans retire, and there Is deadlock, to
wait till the next election, when different opin-
ions may prevail. Oregon shows us how large
majority must be; Congress shows us when
it is too large. Popular win must hit between
these two In its votes, or representative gov
eminent is not effective. 1t is to be regretted
that bad ingenuityin our governing bodies is
thus active in finding vulnerable points in a
system that, honestly acted upon, was suffi-
cient to secure the freedom, safety and happi-
ness Of the people. This is but another of the
consequences Of sending rogues to the Legisla-
ture inst cad of sending them to the State
Prison.
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due, and for the dispensation of which the

due, and for the dispensation of which the
courts were established.
In view Of these considerations, therefore,
been already devoted to the naturalization OF
aliens, we would suggest to the judges that it is
but reasonable to suppose that they will, In at
most day or two, have concluded this period
ical duty of creating citizens and once more
: have resumed the functions Of their more es-
sentially judicial capacities by taking up and
theoretically disposing of the long calendars
Of untried causes which are now awaiting
adjustment of their hands.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29
Prince Alfred OF England md the Throne
OF Spain.

Prince Alfred Of England and the Throne
OF Spain.
What shape will Spanish reconstruction as
sume that of republic or monarchy? The
people seem to be ripe for a republics but the
revolutionary leaders appear to favor a
limited monarchy. With the establishment of
a republic General Prm, Gd interim, would
most probably be proclaimed President by
reclamation, as Lamartine was proclaimed
Provisional President Of the shortlived Bohe-
milan French republic Of 1913. But between
the Spanish chiefs in the work of reconstruc-
ton and the great Powers Of Europe the pro-
liabilities are against the Bohemians and in
favor Of new kingdom and new dynasty,
on the basis of religious liberty and Cortes
elected by universal suffrage.
Assuming that this will be the settlement,
the question recurs, who will be theinitial King
of Spain, or Emperor, under this new order of
things resting upon the viii Of the people !?
Here is fine field for the diplomacy Of
Napoleon, Bismarck, Beust, Antonelli and
Disraeli. Napoleon, from his geographical
position, his splendid army, his ambitious de-
signs his diplomatic antecedents and all his
surroundings, we may safely assume will either
settle this question to suit himself, or in a
compromise, will see to 1t that the in
terests Of France are respected and secured.
In this view the English journals are discussing
the pretensions and probabilities of the Prince
Napoleon, the Prince Amadeus of the House OF
Savoy the Italian Duke Aosta, and ex-King
Ferdinand, Coburg, Of Portugal; and among
oil these the chances ore conjectured to be
largely in favor Of Ferdinand. He, it is ar
gued, as the King Of Spain, could easily bring
about the union with Portugal, which is the de-
sire Of the people of both countries, while. as
one of the Coburg family, he would be accepta-
BILE to England even as a prottgs Of Napoleon.
But there is yet another candidate men
toned for the vacant Spanish crown, who,
though not generally considered among the
probabilities, may possibly cut out oil competi-
tors and carry of the prize. We mean Prince
Alfred OF England. Such an idea six months
ago would have been deemed almost every
where the dream Of lunatic for who but o
unatic six months ago could have dreamed Of
| looking to the royal heretics Of England for q
king for the most intensely Catholic nation Of
the carth--to Prince Alfred, o successor in the
faith of Queen Elizabeth, as the very man to
take the throne vacated by Isabella, as thor
oughy Roman Catholic as Phillip the Sec
ond? But what European monarch or mon.
archist ever dreamed, even 90 late as 1864,
that JEFF Davis in 1868 would be mer-
chandising in Liverpool, or that the Min
lister Of the United States in England
would be bobnobbing and cracking jokes
with Laird. the builder OF the pirate ship
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29

REORGANIZATION or TIE NATIONAL GUARD. -
The Paris Constitutional says that the rcor-
ganization of The National Guard is progress
ing and Is hvorahly regarded by the people
of the provinces. The Constitutional, as an
imperialst organ, would not be likely to cxng-
gerate any disfavor which the reorganization
Of tho National Guard might provoke. But il
is probable that whatever opposition there
might be against IL In Paris The people In the
provinces would accept this or any other
measures initiated and enforced by tho gov
eminent of NapoIcon Ill
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29
The Armed Neutrality Of Austrin-Earopeaa
Complications.

The Armed Neutrality Of Austria-Earopea.
Complications.
II appears from one Of our recent kilograms
that Austria is reorganizing her army and
otherwise setting her house In order in pros
pect of collision between France aud Prus-
STA. Baron Beust has constrained the Reichs-
rath to consent to his plans regarding tho army
and navy by satisfactory reasons given in Sc
cret session. The burden of the Baron's argu-
ment seems to have been that, in the event OF
rupture taking place between Prussia and
France, II was necessary that Austria should
be strong enough to guard her own neutrality.
This piece Of news, If ii proves anything,
proves this that Austria, or rather Baron
Beust, is not satisfied that this Spanish revo-
luton has diminished the chances Of Euro
pean war. 1t was thought by some that tho
trouble in the peninsula would be Of such .
character as to compel both France and Prus-
sia to forget their rivalry. The Spanish revo-
luton, however, has been conducted hitherto
with such skin and has already proved itself
so much Of success that the European Pow
ers are little likely to have any chance Of In
terfering. Spain promises to be equal TO tho
management Of her own affairs. The
success Of the Spanish revolution has
revived the old difficulties. IL Spain had
fallen into anarchy interference would have
been deemed necessity on the part OF her
neighbors, and new point Of departure would
have been furnished to the reconstructors OF
the map Of Europe. In this case, however,
the rcconstructors have counted without their
host. Spain manages her own affairs, man
agcs them well, is stronger without a mon
arch than she was with one; and therefore IL
is that all the old qucssions-the Rhine boun-
dairy question, the Eastern ouesti,u. the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29

THE SPANISH NEws.-The reported recog-
milton of the provisional government by Great
Britain, France, Prussia, Italy md Portugal is
confirmed Rome has manifested friendly
feelings. The progrcssta clubs have formed
union, and at one Of their meetings Senior
Olozaga has announced that Queen Isabella
would abdcate In favor Of Don Carlos. The
election Of members for the constituent Cortcs
will take place on tho Goth OF November, and
Seiior Ayala, Colonial Minister, has issued q
circular declaring that tho colonies will be
placed upon the same electoral basis al the
rest Of Spain.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29

This Is the cry of the democrats when they
speak of tho reconstruction acts of Congress.
1t is feature in their platform, wherein twas
introduced, not by fre-eating Southerner,
but by tow-eating Connecticut Yankee. IL
has been adopted by the democratic speakers
on the stump, up the stump and when stumped
for better material for argument Now, we
will grant that these acts Of Congress in the
matter of reconstructing the South are illiberal,
unjust and despotic-that they are unchristian,
outrageous and atrocious, and could oply have
been conceived in a sanhedrim where the
Devil oficiated as chief Yet we cannot re-
gard them as unconstitutional, and hence not
null and void. It must be remembered that
they were passed against States that had in
voked the demoniac spirit of rebellion, and had
carried their Internal designs into execution at
the fruitless sacrifice of millions Of precious
lives and an untold amount of treasure.
They were passed against States that
had no rights under the constitution,
because they had forfeited those rights when
they took up arms to overthrow and destroy
that constitution. They were a self-declared
foreign nation, and warred against the govern
ment of the United States as If they consti-'
tuted a government recognized by the civilized
Powers Of the world Acting under that vain
but no doubt conscientious and irradicable
impression, the leaders Of the rebellion assumed
the hazard Of throwing of their allegiance and
accepting the issue-the fate of leaders IN
all unsuccessful rebellions-disfranchis
alienation and confscation. After they wcre
overcome by the government the United
States Congress instituted the power, if II. had
1t not constitutionally, or seized it with an iron
hand If it did possess it, and imposed such
penalties and penances, demanded such
atonements and humiliations, as in its
supreme wisdom it thought ff to i'm
pose upon and require from the re-
fractory States before allowing them restora-
ton to full fellowship in the Union. Certainly
Congress did not violate the constitution in
its reconstruction acts, so far as the loyal
States were concerned, for they did not affect
those States at all. And when the decisions
of the democratic plea that the reconstruction
acts are unconstitutional, II must be recollected
that those decisions were made as affecting
loyal persons and loyal States, and not those
States which had forfeited all constitutional
rights and protection by plunging into rebel
lion. We repeat that these acts of Congress
are illiberal, unjust and despotic, and the
sooner they are repealed or modified the
better; but they have to DO met and over
come in a proper and constitutional way-by,
electing members to Congress who will treat
the South in just and magnanimous Manner,
and by the continual agitation Of the question
OF another amendment to the constitution
which will render the harsh and unjust recon-
struction acts Of Congress, in fact and in deed,
practically and elfectually null and void"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29
Seymour md Hair.

Seymour is out West making half dozen
speeches day, more or less, and on every
thing in the heavens and in the earth and In
the waters under the earth except Seymour
and Blair as the democratic ticket and except
ing the main plank of the democratic platform.
Blair comes to New York, and, regardless Of
his tabooing by the Manhattan Club and the
warnings of the Bohemians who dance about
that club, he stands and speaks bravely and
squarely on the main plank Of the democratic
platform, the unconstitutionality Of the recon-
struction laws, and the democratic masses ap-
plaud him to the echo. He is not to be put
down or kept out of sight by the Manhattan
ring, nor does he intend that the democratic
platform shall be hid away in the dark.
Blair, too, goes the whole ticket, Seymour
and Blair, while Seymour ignores Blair and
goes only for Seymour as the representative
of the democratic faith. Hence, as the real
embodiment of the Tammany creed, Blair is
the man who ought to be at the head of the
ticket; for, sink or swim, he stands by his
colors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-29

ALL QUIET IN New ORLEANS. The timely
proclamation Of General Rousseau announcing
the instructions which he has received from
Washington to take measures to preserve peace
and good order and to protect life and pro-
perty, and appealing to all law abiding citizens
to aid him in carrying out these instructions,
must have the happiest influence upon the
excited public mind in New Orleans. In fact the
kilograms confirm the Generals intimation that
all was quiet there yesterday. The acceptance
by General Steedman of his appointment as
Chief Of Police, together with General Rous-
seaus promise that he shall be supported by the
military, and the prohibition of political pro-
ccssions and of patrolling the streets by armed
men, aud last, but by no means least, the an.
nouncement that the police force has been
thoroughly recognized, win all tend TO insure
the tranquility which The Crescent City seems
SO sadly to need.