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The National LateligeRcer President
Johnson s organ, in an editorial article on
Friday, says that President Johnsons 5 posi-
ton is entirely misapprehended, and
promises for him that if he be acquitted By
tie Senate he will not be guilty of any fur
ther violation Of the laws, viii not commit
any "acts Of aggression or retaliation, " but
will obey the laws, behave himself, ETC., for
the remainder Of his term 1t says
We can assure them that the President is
wholly without excitement, passion or bit
terness. Personally, we imagine heregards
the proceedings of the impeachment with
serene indifference Public considerations
unquestionably weigh heavily upon him
Anchored in solid convictions Of constitu-
tlonal duty, conscientious in the opinion
that he is entirely innocent of all offence.
anxious only for the welfare of the country.
he believes that an adverse decision of the
Senate Court viii infiict deep wound uhon
the institutions Of the State, which will be
fatal to their future maintenance
FIVE have correctly stated the position of
the President, the thoughtful will see in it
an assurance of moderation and Cancellation
on his part when the verdict of acquittal
shall have been rendered. What the public
most needs is accommodation of political
differences. The national character demands
it. The integrity of the constitutional sys-
TEN demands it. Patriotism pleads for it.
We owe 1t to ourselves and all our great ma
uonai interests, to the past and to the future
to compose our differences and strifes. We
have right to speak for the President in
the matter, because he is the Chief Maqis
trate Of the nation, with but few short
months Of service before him; and we know
that be would deem it the crowning glory Of
his life to be able, on the ith of March hext
TO transfer to his successor an uuimpaired
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Martin Van Buren, once aelared that the
Democratic party had face for the South
and face for tire North--taat it was No
Honal only so far as it was ready to prosti-
ute its strength to the uses Of all sections,
the better to maintain itself in power 1t
is long time since the Little Magician
daguerreotyped his party, but the picture
still holds its resemblance to the life. Inc
Democracy have not changed Ia its own
peculiar sense it Is still a national party, AMI
has a face for the North and face for the
South. Here is the proof of what ".
assert:
Resolred, That we are opposed, both il
principle and in policy, TO negro suffrage. p
Ohio Democratic resolutions, 1868
Resolred, That under the action Of th.
State Of South Carolina, heretofore taken
we recognize the colored population Of The
State as an integral element of the body
polite; and as such, in person and property
entitled to full and equal laws. And that
as citizens of South Carolina, we declar
our willingness, when we have the power to
grant them with proper qualifications as tC
property aud intelligence, the right of sut
trage.- South Carolina Democratic Tesoia
tioaS, 1868.
Resolue} That the right of suffrage shall
be limited to the white raceiu this country
Illinois Democratic resolutions 1868.
"A very large torchlisht procession Of
democratic Hjg1crs are marching through
she streets while / write, / have addressed
a large audience tonight in the court house
Square-a large proportion being negroes.
They carried transpaTeucles with most APP
propriate democratic notices Proclaim 1T
throughout Upper Georgia thstevery thing
is safe-honor saved, peace secured, de-
moeracy triumphant Letter Of b. n.
HiH, a leading Democrat IL Ge7rgia, -l}Td
llth, 1868.
We have a word for our colored citizens
who are anxious to vote for Governor at
the ensuing election. Your protested friends
have nominated a man Of the name Of Eul-
lock for that Office, and it is right that YOU
should know beforehand what sort Of nan
he is who solieits your suffrage "-4Sucg,
nah Ne1rs, (Denlocratic.j dpy7l, 1868
1t does not require much study to belong
to a party thus accommodating in its doc
trines, In the South, a Democrat can be
an amalgamatiouist, while in the North a
Democrat is bound to hate all negroes-and
yet both Democrats are sound on the goose
question. The practiceis pay your money
and take your choice State GHard
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negro Suffrage in the south.

The late elections have fully indicated
the policy Of negro suffrage in the rebel
States. Neither the white nor black
vote was cast all on one side. Taking
the representations of the Democratic
papers for authority, both were divided
not In the middle nor anywhere near it,
perhaps-but some blacks went to the
Democrats, and probably more whites
went with the radicals-and the division
destroyed whatever ground there was for
the clamor there previously had been
about the whites being arrayed against
a free Constitution, whereby FIVE States
win shortly resume their proper places in
the Union, the election Of loyal State Off
GERS and large majority Of Republicans
to Congress. The loyal whites could not
have achieved this alone Il was by re-
inforcing them with the no less loyal
blacks that reconstruction has been carried
forward almost to completion, In the inter
est of the principles of Freedom and Pro-
gress, against which the South rebellcd
Herein was the necessity, and the result
Is the complete yindicatOn of the policy
Of Congress, The negro armed with the
ballot, has done a service Of which nobody
else was capable. The ballot was given to
him as the musket had been-to help put
the rebellion down. But for such necessity,
it Is to be doubted whether the South would
have seen universal suffrage. The previous
condition Of the blacks naturally suggested
grave doubts; but the suggestion Of the
alternative, that is the supremacy Of the
rebels and the re enactment, in a variety of
ways, Of the slave code, instantly dispeiled
them, If the blacks were so utterly ig-
nouaut, they must have learned rapidly; for
the result shows that avast majority of them
have voted Ike intelligent men. The re-
suit proves everything We have only to
reverse the case and consider for moment
how it would have been had not the loyal
Southern whites been thus reinforced
The worst element left alive by the war
would be in the ascendeney in the South
No loyal man would dare TO raise his voice
there, and all the Southern States would
to-day be ruled by men bent on nothing so
much as the redemption Of the lost cause.
All this was foreSeen, and the country has
abundant reason for expressing its gratitude
to Congress for arming the blacks with the
ballot, as it armed them with the musket in
the dark days Of the rebellion. Negro suf
frage in the South has worked well-FiH
C0mnleTcial.
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What the Peudletonian Greeuback
scheme really IS can be described BY none 80
well as It's supporters. We have said it
was a scheme for flooding the country with
paper issues which would speedily degenlr-
ate to worthless rags, destroy all values,
PROSTATE credit and business and lead di-
rectly to reputation. That this is its tue
meaning and intent, we call the Chicago
Times -one Of Penlleton's most energetic
supporters-to prove. We call the La
Crosse Deatocrof but our democratic
cotemporary, the Post, has already shogn a
disposition to impeach the witness-ttere-
fore produce the following from the Chicago
Times Of December lst, 1868
''The first group contains the Cincinnati
plan l. e. the Pendleton scheme The grand
feature Of this scheme is what is called 'psy-
ment Of the national debt in greenbaoks It
coutemplates new issue of greenhacks
equal in amount to the bonds which it is
proposed to redeem. Over twelve hundred
millions of FIVE twenty bonds viii become
redeemable before 1872 Five hundred MI
lions are redeemable now. The way to pay
them, according to this plan, Is TO set the
printing presses in motion. So long as the
rags and lampblack hold out we will have
no trouble in paying the bonds at maturity.
When all have been thus pad, we shall
have added to our paper money the hitiiHg
imitation of about 81 600 600 900, uaking,
all told a circulating medium Of S2.500. .000,
GOO Then we shall have what are called
'g1od times, splendid times Wheat
and greenhacks viii be exchanged bushel for
bushel A barrel of whiskey will be sold
for two barrels Of legal tenders Collectors
Of Government revenue will 60 about With
wagons having lofty and capacious recepta-
cles on them, Ike those used in handling
charcoal, and will gather in the public taxes
with pitchforks. To levy s. in gold viii re
quire one horse wagon load OF greenbacks
But the government bonds viii be ''paid.
The only question will be how to pay the
government greenbacks. This is something
this plan does not contemplate. Specie
payments under it win be rcached-ucr4!'
Since the Times drew the above picture,
it has swung around the circle and joined
the ranks of the PENDLEToSITEs. But its
definition ofthe universal Greenback scheme
remains as correct as ever. Pittsburgh
Commercial
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THE LEGAL ABILITY IN TIE RE-
PUBLICAN PARTY.

The following statement is being c1ten-
siyely circulated by the Democratic press.
under the head Of Who Mr.. Eymts is:
"Itis singular fact that very few really
great lawyers are left in the Republican par
ty. They cannot support it without stulifying
themselves It's doctrines are so perfectly
subyersive of the Constitution, and Of oil law
that no honest man, with a we'll trained intel
lect, can fail to condemn them
This kind of stuff may be very paatable
to Democratic ears, but it is as far from the
truth as the democratic papers generally
get, and this is saying considerable, as they
seldom get near enough to Truth to be sure
of her existence On the other hand, there
is hardly judicial district in the United
States, where Republican lawyers are not
equal, if not superior, to those on the Dem
ocratic side Of the house, and there is not a
Bench from the Supreme Court down to
Court Of Appeals but the legal ability Of
The Republican party stands out as fayora-
bly, as that of the opposite party, and it
strikes us little more prominently. Per-
haps this may not be considered as very mod
est, but We utter it partly in the same strain
Of vanity in which the above was uttered.
We feel that we have a right 20 be proud
Of the splendid legal minds that to-day
adom the Republican party, and that tits om
duty to resist any such imputatiou as is to
be found IN tho above paragraph. We can
not leave this subject without SAYING that
we viii submit the question Of the relative
ability displayed by the Managers OF the
House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent Counsel, in the great Impeachment
trial Of the nineteenth contuiy, TO The
Judgment Of the civilized world, without
any fear of the verdict And the United
States Senate as Court contains more le-
gal ability than IS to be found IN the whole
Democratic party, and there are only two OF
three Democratic lawyers in II. Let it also
be understood that the gentleman who ha.
called forth this vain and qroundless boast
AIr- Eyarts, is Republican, at the head q
the Republican party IN the State Of New
York, and it VIII be seen hoR shallow i
the premises upon which our Denocrati
cotemporaries base their assertions.
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fell on my heart like a sentence of death by
fever, as was the case with poor bishop
Mackenzie; but shall try my native RENE
dies, trusting Him who has led me hitherto
to help me still We have been mostly on
elevated land, between 5000 and 5000 feet
above the sea. think we are now on the
watershed for which | was to seek. We
are 4, 500 feet above the sea level, and will
begin to descend when we 60 This may be
put down as Is deg. l0min south lat, and
long, 3ldeg 50min 2sec. We found
party Of black-caste Arab slaves here, and
one promised to take letters to Zanzibar,
hut they give me only half a-day to write.
| shall send what can, and hope they will
be as good as their word. We have not
had a single difficulty with the people, but
we have been very slow Eight miles day
is very good march for US, loaded as the
boys are, and we have often been obliged to
go gigzag, as | mentioned Blessing on you
all. Love to Mrs..
From yours, ever affeetionately,
DAVID LIVINGSTONE.
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GEN. HANCOCK AND SECRETARY STAN.
ToN.-The New York Herald of December
%, 1865, contained report of Gen. Han
cock $ speech at New Eegland dinner the
day previous, from which we make the fol
lowing extract The General said
much credit has been given to the army,
and praise without stint has been accorded
by grateful people to its Generals We
have had many Generals, among whom the
honors have been divided, and whose fame
will live in more enduring form than in
wreathes of laurel, but during the period of
our greatest perils, we have had but one
Minister of War, and during his administra-
ton substantial victories crowned our arms
One who has been unequaled in furnishing
the means of war and placing them in the
hands of our Generals; one who rivaled
Carnot in all that is accorded to him for
preparation; one whonever faltered, howev-
er dark the hour. And shall we not honor
him? know him to be generous and mind
ful Of faithful service. Among the people |
predict an increasing tide of popularity in
bis favor, and that he will be one of those
whom the country viii delight to honor
Edwin NJ. Stanton, Secretary of War. A
model for War Minister; in momentous
times, wise, firm, fruitful Of resources,
patriotic, incorruptible. To him a nation 5
gratitude is due.
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on suAaEI WHERE Is THY
BLJSul


The professional American politician; we
mean the constant seeker after place and the
preferment Of the public; has never been re-
garded as the most righteous Of the people.
on the other hand, he has been generally
classed with men Of mean impulses. capable
of DONG that which would he scolncd and
loathed by an honest and upright man.
There was time when the politician exer-
cised his ingenuity and ,hFewdness with
great care, and dealt mastery strokes Of
policy, by which he moved the masses to
support his cause. and thereby made his
calling and election sure. but that day
has gone by, in a great measure. The arts
and sophistries which were then used are
no longer the resorts Of the leaders of our
hustings. They are neglected bv and useless
to the skilful professional lnapipulator Of
the ballots Of freemen, and It is only in the
hands OF some one, who is not fully fedg-
cd, or whose conscience was early com
mitted TO the tender keeping of those who
knew not the way Of the world that tbev
are resorted to. Nolg the unserupuJous
demagogue fills his pockets with gold. or
greenbaeks; the one Is as potent as the
other; and stalks forth to corrupt the mass
cs, or into the dehberatiye bodies of the ma
tion and pours out his treasure to those who
do his wishes, with an apparent boldness
and shamelessness that should send the
blush to the check of any honest man
Bribery and Corruption are no longer felons.
hiding from the light Of day in the secluded
places known only to the abandoned and
the vicious, but they are popular characters.
who i've m style, patronized By the high
aud the low and frequently are ap-
plauded Tor their virtues Men Of eminenee
BOW To them and become their plant instru-
ments, lovely women smile upon them and
become their accessries. and the advocates
o. morality and religion pass them over in
silence The Press, the great lever Of the
eIVlllzed world. lauds them and adyertises
ios t'le means with which 10 enable them to
aeeqlnIsiish their infamous ends
babery has become a great power in the
Ialia. Ii the people must Be mapimlated
% carry the election Of some ono who is a
lalll-stone about the neck Of the party.
funds must be raised aud leading MGR
bribed to come to the rescue; if a measur
is to be secured at the hands Of the Legis
lature, there are thoset wearing the robes Q
Senators and Representatives who desire L
know how nlach money there is in it, an
when the President is to be convicted O
High lFinles and Misdemeanors. in ac
law and the wishes Of I'll
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STATE TICKET.
IMPEACHMENT.

We expected to be able to announce to
our readers, to-day, that the President Of
the United States, Andrew johnson, had
been convicted of High Grimes and AIisde-
meanors. or that he had been acquitted.
Last week, when the case was closed on
the part of the Managers of the House, by
Judge Bingham, the Senate determined to
take the final vote, on Tuesday last, at
twelve o clock. This was accepted by the
country as the conclusion Of the great trial,
and the settlement of the political excite
ment which has been manifest throughout
the country. Bat all were doomed to dis
appointment Rumor had reached US, time
and again. during the trial, that there
would be a number of Republican Senators
who would vote for acquittal. Then again
these reports were as streuuously denied
However twas generally considered that
Grimes of Iowa, and FoRlar of Tennessee,
would vote against conviction. Up to last
Monday it was generally acknowledged
that. in the main. the RcpubIcans would
stand firm. During Monday night and
Tuesday morning, the opposition to conyic-
tioa deyeloped their strength and amongst
the number was Fesseuden Of Maine,
TrumbuI Of Illinois, and Henderson of Mis-
souri, This caused feeling of depression
only heretofore felt at the defeat of our ar
mics. in the late struggle, or the assassina-
ton of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Fcssandeu
was not regarded at any time, as any TOO
reliable. He has been an expectant, aud
somewhat soured, and he has no doubt al
lowed his sensitiveness to get the advau-
tage of his Judgment; but why Judge
Trumbuu and Mr.. Henderson should take
this strange position no one could divine.
At twelve clock on Tuesday, when the
Senate assembled 10 cast the final vote, Mr.
Howard Of Michigan, was lying dangerous
" III in the hands of several physicians,
who had been in attendance upon him
through the night previous. Howard in
sisted that, if the final vote was to be cast,
he would be il his place in the Sen
ate, if it sbould even cause his death.
These facts we're communicated 10 the Sen
ate, and It 5su1nad over as court until
Saturday -ez: Tt is claimed that ON
careful cz1-zss Of the vote. there IS still a
majority Of two in the Senate, in favor of
conviction, without the votes of Howard
and Wade. This is very likely correct
What Is TO be said Of those Senators who
SO far forget the welfare of their country
and the viii Of the people, as to vote for
the acquittal Of Andrew johnson and
thereby approve his usurpations? The
country has demanded eonrietion Of
this presidential criminal, and the nau
who. as a Republican, votes for his ac-
quittaI under all the evidence which has
been presented against him, can have no
lot with the Republican Farty, nor viii he
ever le sustained by any party. The
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GEN. JAMES A. BEAVER, of Centre
county, chairman of the State Convention
Of soldiers, which met in Philadelphia on
the sth of January last, has appointed a
State Central Committee to take an active
part in the approaching State and National
elections Lieutenant J. H. Longneckeri
Of this place, is the member for this coun-
ty. This is an excellent selection. Mr..
Longenecker, who is now Chairman Of the
Republican County Committee, has some
experience in running the political machine,
and viii make valuable member. We arc
glad to know that the brave men who fought
our battles and conquered our foes, are de-
termined to maintain their principles at the
ballot box.
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Cor. A. X. McCLURE has modestly made
his yalediotory bow, and retired from the
editorial control Of the Franklin Repository.
The Colonel nas been connected with this
journal for number of years, and made it
one Of the most popular country papers in
the State We hope that his retirement
from the chair editorial is only temporary,
and that we may soon hear from him in a
more enlarged field of editorial labor. His
successors on the Repository are Messrs
Jere. Cook and T. w Hays, Of the Cham
hcrshnrp Bar.
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THE Congressional plan Of Re.construc-
ton is working its way steadily into favor
in all the seeded States. South Carolina,
Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina,
Georgia and florida have accepted it, and
will, in a few weeks, be represented in Con
gress. Alabama. Mississippi, Texas and
Virginia will soon follow in the ssne chan
nel My Poliey" is no go.
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The Bin forthe Admission Of Arkansas


The following Bin for the admission Of
Arkansas passed the House of Represen-
tatives and ssent to the Senate Arkansas
is the second State to ask representation in
Congress
A bill to admit the State of Arkansas to
representation in Congress
Wheeqs, The people Of Arkansas, in
pursuance Of the provisions of an act entitled
An act for the more efficient government
OF the rebel States, passed March . 1867,
and the acts supplementary thereto, have
framed and adopted a constitution of State
government which is republican in form,
and the Legislature Of said State has duly
ratified the amendment to the Constitution
Of the United States proposed BY the Thirty
ninth Congress, and known as article
fourteen therefore,
BE Il enacted by tie Senate and House OF
Representatives, Of Hts United States OF
america, IL Congress assembled, That the
Safe of Arkansas is entitled and admitted
to representation in Congress, as one of the
States Of the Union, up0n the following
fundamental conditions. That the coustitu-
ton Of Arkansas shall never be so amended
or changed as to deprive any citizen OF any
class of citizens of the United States of the
right to vote who are entitled to vote by the
constitution herein recognized, except as a
punishment for such crimes as are now
felonies at common law, whereof they shall
have been duly convicted.