davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30

they have all the rights which our princl.
pies accord to men. The folly of the
Democratic party is that Il hopes to pre-
vent this IL thinks that bafiled slave.
holders can propose wise policy for q
nation of free men. Who supposes that
the old politicians who prostituted the
whole Government to the protection OF
slavery would now honestly direct that
Government IL they could get hold Of II,
TO the extension and security of freedoms
When the Americans conquered In the
Revolution did they invite the Tories to
take charge Of the new Government II
the rebels had succeeded would the Union
men have directed afiairsi Would Wade
Hampton, and Toombs, and Vallandigham
have invited General Grant to the head of
their Government And shall the men
who sustained Grant invite Wade Hamp-
ton, Toombs, and Seymour to the head of
theirsY
The plea Of the late rebels now Is, that
they fought for the old Constitution. What
old Constitutions Was not Abraham
Lincoln elected accordingto its provisions
Had not the slavery party controlled the
Government up to the hour of his electionY
Had he proposed any thing, had Congress
proposed any thing unconstitutional No.
body pretends II. The rebels took up arms
because they knew that the Government
would no longer be unconstitutionally
strained to serve slavery. The plea is
wholly false. They cared no more for the
( Constitution then than they do now. They
cared only for slavery. Az long as they
could serve that under the mask of the
Constitution they were satisfied When
they could not, they struck at the Consti-
tuition. Now again, that they hope they
can save some morsels of the corpse Of
slavery, they profess immense veneration
for the Constitution.
IL was very constitutional TO rob the
mails, and suppress free speech, and shoot
free settlers In Kansas, and steal Texas,
and pay commissioners more for return
ing an alleged fugitive than for releasing
him; but 1t was frightfully unconstitu.
tional, according to these doctors, to Lift a
finger to save the Union or the property
of the United States. II was remarkably
constitutional that in profound peace Mr..
Hoar should be hunted out of Charleston
by mob because he offered to argue
case in the courts, but alarmingly uncon-
stitutional that Mr.. Vallandigham should
be arrested for preventing enlistments in
the midst Of a fearful war Whatever was
useful to slavery was constitutional.
Whatever favored liberty and Union was
unconstitutional Itseems that we are all
under mistake. Abraham Lincoln was
the destroyer Of the Constitution and
Union. Jefferson Davis was their illus
trious defender.
This is the intolerable nonsense Of the
Southern Democratic pretense In this
country. If that party does not learn
from the election of General Grant that
the Constitution means freedom and not
slavery, 1t will be, as it has been for the
last eight years, despised by all lovers of
liberty every where in the world. To
serve live despot, even If he be cruel, is
at least an Ineligible act But to wor-
ship the meanest OF dead tyrants is a con-
dition beyond description. - Hdrper's
Ws.LI,,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30

E An exchange says: President
Johnson must have foreseen the result of
the Tuesday elections. In his proclamA-
tion Of Thanksgiving, issued on Monday, he
said that the American people are now
permitted To hope tlat long protraoted
political and sectional dissensions are, at
no distant day, 10 give place TO returning
harmony and trqlerHal affection throughout
the Republic"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30

EB- At Republican meeting held in
New York city, on the evening Of the
Goth, Hon. Mr.. Brewster, of Pennsylvania,
said that Grant recently addressed friend
in these words; "This much l wish, and
declare Tn be my policy, that such a de-
gree of peace and tranquility shall exist
in this country, that man may speak his
mind in any part OF our great land, and
that without molestation or hindrance."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15
Iii. .linsham,, Argument.


The O.. sing argument. BY Mr.. Bingham. is
..-,..-..-,.5 ,. ,vcs..r-r,l,. allie and cffs,
.-''. ai'- t-c 'e'15'''L ill Iol''' 'O1s '1'l
..t tAi- statement Ii was listened u by the
-.ra-. and crowded rallsrie, with an interest
...-....i l..........r... -..-1 W, u,,1..
-a. .-.ei extracts from the reports
Nr Bingham said The whole case is, that
}.t. J.la>ou claims the power to set aside the
u.rl.s.s .-vs-to set up his own viii against the
t.us.'tu t''l-r3 suspend indefinitely the right
la Ielc-.'-I.i 'estel III the people Iepresen-
''tt7 lI-.' i1 MS own liile, 80 Julii-a- oeiisioA
cd" a. .,''.'i'.i oi. p -''- lltls '7 Sit "Ho-e
,.. -i'7 '--'.'o o. u, '-'-' IL ''''''''
-''' '' ''-'
,yl..,... .i.,-. f,, clio ....r-,.o.o,,.o - Con
a TE. H.. ''- P,-.-s.e,, ti.-i,e.' ms eis.t-
c,.-,. +,-, -s7,.. b,. .be .r,ffr,oes of g, free
r..r,. arI +, tiat people were amenable Con-
-.re.- was responsible To- Do one under God. but
the people. aid # they were to he responsible to
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15

The UNION CANADIAN AssoCIAT1oN.-We
find in the Plattsburgh Sent,nel a report of a
recent meeting of the above Association,
held in Plattsburgh. 1t is by Mr.. T. Fl. Lam
bert. who was announced as .. delegate from
y. T. City to the General Canadian Con-
vention, publisher Of the New York Mos
quito, and nowpreparing to publish French
Canadian paper in st. Adams, under the
name of l. Union Caaadiene'' and it is de-
cidcdly entertaining. The Association, we
are told in the opening sentence, celebrated
It's 2d anniversary - with unusual pomp and
charming aisn,jLe." Among the speakers
was Mr.. A Mousette, president Of the st.
John the Baptist Association of st. Adams,
who made some 8. harmonious and philoso-
phical remarks
Another speaker was Mr.. Jos. Delorme,
an old gray-haired, dignifed gentleman, who,
the report says " followed with a fatherly
and beautifully naif little speech to the
" pefHcs danoiscHes de z Un:on :" explain
ing the good old motto . l. Union fat Ia
forcc, ," securing to widows and orphans le
hon pam q'fofidien daily bread) so that
they may not have to manger d1t belTe ccreme
to eat skinned butter) He cunningly ad-
vised the young ladies to fare les yeur dour
(to send sleeps eyes, to the good members
of the Union, so that they may be sure to
marry good christians and good citizens
and to be well provided for, in dark days
Mr.. Paul Girard then read % detailed
and beautifully laconic report of the passive
and active financial department Of the asso-
citation the summingup ofwhich showed that
q this young association is worth to-day
/ Sl364 in banking money, notwithstanding
! 1919 % distributed in the course of the year
to members in need, and many sundry ex-
penses-"
Next came Mr.. F. DUDE, - very learned
gentleman, professor of science and art, now
studying for priesthood" who % completely
astonished his audience by the weight and
literary chastity of his arguments, as it is
very seldom such logic and philosophy is
found concentrated in a man ofsuch young
age" Mr.. Dube - proved the infallibility
Of this association under the present man.
agement."
The next speaker was Mr.. Frs. LaBonne
from Schuyler Falls, who sin well calcula-
ted effort of elocuhon, showed himself equa
te his well merited reputation as staunet
Canadian and an admirer of republican in
stitutions, cursing % Old John Bull'' anC
wishing to see Canada a free, prosperous anC
respected State amongst the United States o
America. Then, as ever, Mr. LaBonne lef
nothing undone and had more than his shart
of well merited laurels.''
Plenty of :" riuats" were presented il
the course of the evening among them three t
Mr. Mayo, leader of the Canadian Uniol
Band. who is declared to be - real artist o
the Prim theory, who can even draw wave
of harmony from goose quill'' and thre
ssfor the 400 fascinating eyes Of the lovel.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15
The Imneachment TriaI.

On Thursday the Senate adopted an order
offered by Senator Morrill, Of Vermont, that
when theSenate adjourn itbe until Mondayat
II O'Clock for the purpose of deliberating on
the rules Of the Senate sitting on the trial
ot impeachment. and that on the Tuesday
ext following, at = O'Clock meridian, the
Senate shall proceed to vote without debate,
on the several articles Of impeachment, and
each Senator shall be permitted to file, with
in two days after the vote is taken, his writ
ten opinion to be printed with the proceed
ings.
The Senate refused to adopt Mr.. Drake S
amendment of the rules, allowing each Sena-
tor Is minutes speech in all instead Of Is
minutes on each article.
The rest Of the session was spent in dis
cussing an additional rule offered by Mr..
Sumner on the 10th of April, requiring each
Senator to rise in his place and vote g guilty
or not guilty on each article
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15

Hon. J. g. Blaine, who has been renomi-
mated for Congress in the Third Maiue Dis
uict, is spoken Of for next speaker Of the
House.
Mr. Pendleton, Of Ohio, and his friends.
are said to be alarmed at the growing popul-
arity Of Gen. Hancock among the Demo
Gratis.
Col. y G. Hazard, the great Connecticut
powder manufacturer, died at the Fifth-ayen-
ne Hotel, New York on Thursday.
Rev. DR.. Lincoln, Of the Central Baptist
Church in Providence, has resigned his charge
in order that he may accept the Professorship
of Church History in Newton Theological In
stitution.
Gen. John NJ. Palmer, nominated BY the
Illinois Republicans as their candidate for
Governor, has been an active Republican
since the Fremont campaign Of 1856, and has
the confidence of the party. 1t is stated that
the nomination was entirely unsought by
him, and that he will only accept it because
of the demand of the whole Republican party
of the State that he should bear its standard
in the coming campaign.
The Concord Monitor is dissatisfied with
the proceedings of the recent Republican
State Convention in New Hampshire, and
charges that it was controlled by ofhce-hold-
ers under President johnson.
Gov English of Connecticut, in his in
augural address touthe Legislature Wednes-
day, denounced impeachment in strong terms
and defended Andrew johnson.
\ Washington despatch says that the BIT
ter feeling against Mr.. Grimes, of Iowa, who
insisted on the clearing of the galleries, We'd
nesday, was illustrated by some ladies and
gentlemen in the corridor singing IS Old
Grimes is dead, that poor old man."
Robert Bonner pays taxes on an income OF
S23S All, and Robert Hoe, the inventor Of
the fast printing press, on $50O,95l.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Lamoille Association meets at Cam
bridge, Tuesday, May 10
Rev. Royal Parkinson, for two years act
ing pastor at Milton, has closed his labors
there.
Rev. Mr.. Herrick of Colchester is to preach
alternately at that place and at West Milton,
where Rev j. X. Converse of this city has
been for some years preaching.
One hundred and nineteen additions are
reported in ten Congregational Churches in
this State, last sabbath
Last year Vermont churches contributed to
the Education Society S494,77, while young
men from Vermont received aid to the amount
of $1,000. This year the Society proposes to
raise $4,000; as an increased number Of
young men propose to study for the ministry.
The New York Bible Society's annual re-
port shows that the Society have distributed
since January, 1867, S6,943 Bibles and Tes-
taments. Its receipts have amounted to S32.-
900, and its disbursements to S3l ,5O2. Over
three million Of pamphlet portions of the BIZ
bic were distributed in France, and several
thousand volumes Of the Bible in Japan.
Rev. NJ. P. Parmelee, missionary to Turkey,
and Rev. Mr.. Warren, Secretary of the Amer
lean Board, are holding missionary meetings
in New Hampshire and part of Vermont
The Presbyterian Board of Missions now
has q force Of $40, forty-four organized
churches with a membership Of 1900, wEich
report 800 additions with the year, and ex-
pended last year S3I2,82S, being about
$1,000 less than the receipts. The Board is
still in debt however about S27 800.
vt the fifteenth quadrennial session of the
NJ. E. General Conference in Chicago this
week, the report Of the Central Centenary
Committee shows that while the General
Conference Of 1861 felt authorized to ask for
$2,OOOOOO, the aggregate Of the amount re-
ceived Is s, ,397 ,662.
In India there are 80, 0,0O0 native communi-
cants, a Christian population Of 2jO, goo, and
200 native clergy.
Twelve Spanish young men, unable to gain
a Protestant education in their own land, are
studying in Switzerland, preparing to engage
in missionary effort in Spain.
The Hawaiian Evangelical Board have is
sued call for a convention of all the mis-
sions in the Pacific, to be held in Honolulu
in the month of June, 1870. The occasion
will be the semi-centenniaI anniversary ofthe
Of missions on the Hawaiian Is
lands
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15

and respected ladies honoring us with theil
amiable presence
The evening eliminated in a little episode
for which the writer reserves his best descrip-
tive powers, as follows
Then came the most charming and most in
teresting part of the evening, in the shape of a
Short beautiful, original, circumstantial lecture
by yet shorter, more beautiful and more origi-
nal, 10 years, black eyed smiling machine, re-
joicing in the euphonious name of Mdle Melina
Emo, treil La tiIe der Union -! Her lit
tie, quivering, silyered voice was as sweet as her
rosy cheeks; whilst her gestures were as graceful
as her little lecture was noble, sound and true.
1t must have been frightful sight for this
young improvised -'Fiat Iur'' TO see eight hun
dred hands stOrming her with thunder of deaf
ening claps."
Evidently the association had a good time,
and we shall look with interest for the ap-
pearance Of = l. Union Cqnqd,eane"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15

F1AEN.-One of the prisoners, Merritt
Learned, who broke out of the jail in St. Al
bans on Friday night last, was captured We'd
neslay night at dusk in his fathers barn in
Fairfax, and again lodged in Jail. lie says
the others, Jones, Cheesman and st. Lewis.
on getting out of the Jail at once fled in the
direction of Canada, Comstock only remain
ing with him as agreed upon.
Learned and Comstock had taken up their
rendezvous on a mountain in Fletcher, stu
atel about four miles north of Fairfax VII
lege, overlooking the neighborhood and resi-
dence Of Learneds father On Saturday
night following the escape from Jail, Learned
and Comstock entered the dwelling of Law
renee Finn and carried off to their mountain
home, potatoes, pork, doughnuts, cookies.
Sc. On Sunday night they attempted to en-
ter the house Of the widow Rensselaer, Els
worth, but were obliged to make a hasty
flight to the woods to prevent being caught.
On Tuesday night they entered the house of
Ira C.. Bishop, and carried off quantity Of
preserves.
Comstock Is still at large, and the capture
Of Learned viii no doub, cause him to leave
for Canada.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15
Ghe 6ree Rress
G. G. & B. l.. BENEDICT,
EDITORS AND PROPRIEToRs.
FRIDAY MORNING. MAY Is, 1868.
The Impeachment Trial,

After the conclusion of Mr.. Bingham's ar,
gument on the 9th, the clearing of the
galleries, and the withdrawal of the House
from the floor, the Court commenced its de-
liberations on the amendments proposed to the
rules, and by vote of twenty two ayes to
twenty nine nays. refused to adopt motion
of Senator Morrill,, that the Court adjourn
until Saturday.
The motion of Senator Edmunds, to admit
the official reporters during the deliberations,
with several amendments, was laid on the ia
bic, by . to 20.
On motion of Senator Edmunds the Secre
tary was directed to inform the House that it
will be notified when the Senate is ready to
receive it at the bar
Senator Drake moved as an amendment to
the 23d rule that the Is minutes therein al
lowed should be for the whole deliberation
on the final question and not for the final de-
liberation on each article. 1t was laid on
the table under the rule
Chief Justice Chase stated the next ques-
ton to be on the motion of Senator Sumner.
That the Senate will proceed to vote on arti-
cles of impeachment at - O'Clock on the day
after the arguments shall have been conclud-
ed but the Senate adjourned before taking
any action
On assembling Thursday at noon, the
Journal having been read, the Chief Justice
announced that as the Senate was sitting for
the doors would be closed. Mr..
Sumner rose TO a point of order, saying that
the Senate having adjourned and met again
in open session he held that it required
vote to close the doors again for deliberation.
The Chief Justice refused to entertain any
until the galleries had been clear
II.
Mr. Trumbull said he wished to raise
point of order before the doors were closed,
bat the reporters. who We're holding on to
he last moment, had to retire before he fin
she'd what he had To say.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15
Senator Hale of EsseX.

Hon. Matthew Hale Of Essex Co., NY, il
making very decided mark in the New
York Legislature, as he did in the Constitu-
tiunal Convention He is chairman Of the
special Senate committee on corruptionl
which is to sit after the adioummentol Of theLeg-
islature, and of which something besides
whitewash is expected. He paid his respects
to Gov. Fenton recently, in a speech on the
| Governors veto Of the Whitehall and Platts-
burgh Railroad aid bill, which has been
widely circulated across the Lake, and has
probably not helped much to increase Mr..
Fenton's popularity in that region In this
Mr. Hale says it can be proved upon sworn
evidence that the Governor assured some Of
the gentlemen who We're delegates TO the Sy-
racuse Convention, that he would not aga-n
veto such a bill-a pledge violated on the
first opportunity. He says further:
This veto has been put upon the ground Of
economy. And it temanates from a Governor who
has a military family that costs S40O, 900 year,
for which it would be difficult to show any rea-
son. In view Of this fact he was reminded OF the
action Of the patriarch, when he called his sons
about him, and said 10 one If them, Reuben,
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel That
quality has clung TO the name ever since.
OF course such a speech aroused a good
deal of feeling on the part of Gov. Fentons
friends, and one of them, the Rochester Dem
ocrat. said, in some severe comments on Mr..
Hale's speech 1T is not, however, the first
time that Mr. Hale has manifested hostility
to Mr. Fenton, for, if we are rightly inform
ed, two years ago he was one of the leaders
Of a mob at Elizabetht9wn which burned the
Governor in eiHgy for his veto of the former
appropriation for the same road"
This drew out letter from Mr.. Hale, who
declares the statement to be utterly false and
without the slightest foundation, saying Il
never aided, advised, countenanced, or was
present at any such transaction at Elizabeth
town or elsewhere, nor have l, at any tine or
place, been leader Of. participated in, or
encouraged any mob. or the burning in eifgy
of GOV. Fcnton or anybody else"
Upon which the DmoTn makes the
amends honorable as follows
Of course, after this full and explicit denial
from "A gentleman Of such high character as Sen
ator Hale, We cannot doubt that we have been
misled, and are fully satisfied that he had no
lf lfI
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15
Majority
Total 332,OO7 $4,000 7s,fo8


There is a lesson in these figure.
figures for those who are really anxious to
understand the true state Of public opinion
at the South North Carolina. according to
the Democratic theory that tlc southern
whites were all opposed to the rcc1nsruc-
ton laws and against negro suffrage. ought
to have gone rebel again by thirty Thousand
majority whereas she has ratified her new
constitution. and elected the Republican
State ticket by ten thousand majority.
If it were true that there are 40 Rcpubl.-
cans among the Southern whitcs-an a--cr-
ton that the Democratic journals of the
North have not ceased to repeat-Arkausas
and Georgia would have rejected the new
constitutions. Had the state of feeling IN
the Southern States been as the Democratic
press has represented it to be-tmce of these
States would have rejected reconstruction.
thcothcr two would have accepted it, but
only by the negro majority they contain
and the aggregate majority in the f,e States
in favor Of reconstruction would haze been
les, than 10000 votes But. a1 th. c.uua-
~, o7of these five States have accepted the
new constitutions all of them have given q
majority for universal suffrage te r.zlo-
gate majority standing u1vat7- ,c01s.t.-.uI
Whom -Ia .fF.ill rotr-,.7. .,-. -,.I ...-ff
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-15

AcuDET.-M. j. Hill, Esq. Of ST. Albans,
was nearly killed yesterday morning by the
fall ola pile of lumber, stored in the loft Of a
shed on the premises Of Jasper Rand, Esq,
He was overseeing the putting on Of some
more plank, when the flooring gave way,
and he was buried beneath the pile 1t was
an hour before he could be reached, when he
was taken out senseless, with no bones brok-
en-, but evidently severely injured internally.
1t was found the falling plank had partly
rested on a sill of the building, which alone
had prevented his being crushed to death in
stantly.
Mr.. Hill is a lawyer by profession, well
known in the northern part of the State
and graduate of the University, of the class
Of 1851. He had but lately removed to st.
Adams from West Berkshire.