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sherman WrOte to Grant, April 1860:
Johnson and Breckenridge admit slavery
dead, therefore 7 did not put il in the treaty.
They want peace, and / ave them such terms
as would prevent their breaking up into guer-
rilla bands-DTdpe's CiUii Var, Vol 9, d. COZ.
He wrote again:
I perceive that we had the u-nbounded res
pect Of our armed enemies, and that by some
simple measures We could enlist them in our
cause. By their fundamentally w could not
only restore our government according 70 its
written fabric; but could nave in every viCin-
age men used to EubOrdinatiOn and govern
ment who would employ their influence ~
create civil order. 7 am sure my WI disband-
ed army makes The best Of citizens, and ] am
also sure that at the close Of the war the Con-
federate army embraced the best governed,
the best disposed, the most reliable men. ]
would have used them in reconstruction, in
stead Of driving them into hopeless OppOsi-
fnn-Drnnar, llnL VIZ VI & n hl-
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He chose to yield the last vantage
ground. Why? Because Of his policy
Of making treason Odious. Better, the
complete amnesty Lincoln was prepared
to issue, better for the country; but bet
ter for Mr.. Johnson to reap all the hon
Ors Of reconstruction, to make devotion
to the South q vile and infamous thing,
AS q justification Of his own course. He
would humble leading rebels so low that
their " people would not honor them,
attaching men to his personal party by
%reserving a large class to pardon.
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He has not forgotten that cry that
"none but the loyal must rule.p He
would not allow the Confederate soldier
Office, even though the amnesty bill be
passed.
Since this Brigadier is moved Il tears
by the woes Of the Confederate soldier,
did he ever vote for one, or appoint ~ to
office? We know that he voted against
the constitution which enfranchised
him.
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RRurAL v1oLAr1oN oF ~.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, July Z ISSo-Tc
Major General Hancock, commanding etc.
/, Andrew johnson, President Of the United
states, do hereby declare tina the writ OF
hdbedS corpus has been heretofore suspended
in such cases as this; and IdO hereby Specidag
suspend this lgrlt. and direct thai you proceed %
execute ne order heretofore gi,sH upon the judg-
utelt Of q military commission and you VIII
give this order in return 70 this writ
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As to what would have been the judg-
ment Of the civil court, let Mr.. Johnson
speak. Let his military commission
and his own act be judged by
bis own later u~tterances, when he found
Iit to his interest to attack Radical
measures.
Veto message, March 2, 1857.
VetOing the reconstruction bill, he says:
InOw quote from the opinion Of a minority
Of the court, delivered by Chief Justice Chase,
in the Miillgan case, who said: ave by no
means asseft that Congress teven COngressl
can apply the rules OF war, when no war mas
been declared Ut exists. Where peace e2lsis,
-Ln In ~ 49,. ~ nn.-.-- =
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IAPRIsONs A JUDGE.

Foster was elected Judge in 1852, and
johnson commissioned him, and July
the %, 1852, sent him to the peniteu-
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nnowNnow,s pnocnAmAr1on.

UONeflOI DTUWuIOW o Uerct
proclamation July 10, 1865:
Whereas, It has been made known 70 me
that those lately in rebellion in Middle and
West tennessee, with hands yet red with the
blood OF loyal people, are either openly defy.
ing or Indirectly setting al naught an iInpor-
tant law OF the land. Therefore, !, W. q.
BrOWnlow, Governor, do proclaim that an aci
passed on The nth day Of Juns 1865, entitled
f" An Act TO Limit the Elective
Franchise" having been deliberately passed
under express authority, delegated to
the said assembly by the cOnven-
ton or the ninth Of January, 1855, which dele
cation Of power, was sOiemnly ratified by the
people al the baalot-box and proclaimed 6y ne
Antiturp Governor on nehalf or the United
states, if the supreme law Of the iand, and
will be EiGldiy enforced. And I do further
proclaim. shat no person will be entitled to
vote at any election By the people OF this
State unlees be shall nrst actually prove by
testimony thai he was loyal under the provls-
o. then rli section OF said act, and shall
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LOYAL PEOPLE TO GOVERN.

His proclamation appointing Holden
Governor OF North Carolina, yielded
the whole ground on which ne attempt-
ed to stand. 1t is his whole plan of re-
construction, and is exactly that carried
out in Tennessee, and is fully embraced
In the letter of Meigs.
He directs that the loyal people shall
form a government and amend the con-
stitution, leaving the question of fran
chise to them, and from the examples of
all Southern States it is easy to see what
the loyal people do with the franchise.
He undertook to guarantee a republican
form of government, and quotes from
the constitution that the A" United States
shall guarantee a republican form Of
government" The United States is
three branches of government, acting as
their powers may be called into requisi-
ton. The Executive is not the United
States, and it il a mOnstrOus usurpation
to have assumed it. Congress alone had
power TO provide a republican form of
government when il was once ascer-
tanned that an existing form was
unconstitutional. The Executive
could not pass a law or form a gov
eminent. He yielded all when he adj
mitted that State governments in exis-
tence were not ofthe people and repub-
lican.
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EXECUTIVE MANSION, July o.-Ihe finding
and sentence in the case Of ID. Z. Harrell, @.
Atzerutt, Lewis Payne, and Mary T. surrattr
are hereby approved, n IT, Is ordered that
the sentences in the cases o. these parties De
carried into execution, by the proper military
authorities, under the direction ~ me 5ecre-
tary Of War, on the seventh day OF sulys lSo3.
between the hours Of ten o'clock In the morn
ing and two o'clock in the afternoon Of that
day. ANDREW Johnson,
President T~uffaF states
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REASON FOR IT'S REJECTION.

his reason for rejecting the Sherman
Johnson treaty is plain. Reconstruction
was to give him a name and fame. He
had nothing to gain as a willing tool Of
Congress. He did not fOrsee the Opposi-
ton of Congress, and we cannot find
one measure Of leniency to the Southern
people, nor aught but expressions of in
tent to punish and eOnfiscate, until Con-
gress forced him to look South for sup
port. His very amnesty was used rs a
bid for personal attachment to him, Of
those pardoned, and he even upraids
those who do not suppOrthim with hav-
ing his pardon, as if it We're q personal
favor and nOtthe act of the government,
laying the citizen under no obligation to
the executive.
Mr.. Doolittle in a speech at Philadel-
pbia, May-5a, 1855 ~ap8loeizing for the
pardOns issued by Johnson, exculpates
him from any good motive. he says:
It has been said Mr. johnson is inconsistent
with his former speeches in granting pardons
ifOm I'M 70 tme 70 lnose engaged In rebel
hon. me great mass OF pardolls granted by
Nj. johnson were granted before the adoption
OF the constitutional amendment abOlishing
slavery-at a time when IL was not certain
that we could obtain the ratification or the
t~hree-quarters Of all the states; and these par
dons were granted with conditions annexed
~ NNAt Az hnNA0A KNMtAAl4 instruments
that could be devised in order to create TINT
public sentiment at the south on tine Subleet
OF slavery, which would lead those states 20
adopt the constitutional amendment abolish
ing IL forever. The pardOns all contain an ex-
press condition that the man, 70 whom a par
don is granted,s shall support the emancipation
proclamation Of Ar. lincoln.
After dOling out his amnesty, he even
to capture the Democratic
Convention Of 1868 by telegraphing
complete amnesty az a bid, after having
written that he would accept the nomi- |
Il IL clear that he sought to
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In every part Of the State the true
and reliable supporters Of Horace Gree
ley are lashing with mercless severity
the Independents who would transfer
the State Of Tennessee to the Radicals.
The GAINESVILLE C~sroHicle, ia aIIuding to
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September ~, 1864.
He had declared. August %, 1866:
Tennessee IS not out Of the Union, nor never
can be.
He also declared her government not
destroyed, but suspended. II the gov
eminent was still in existence, unaf-
fected by the ordinance Of independ-
ence OF 1881, her constitution and code
were still in existence and yet binding,
and these with the people are the State.
The people could alter their con-
stitution, aud send Representa-
tives to alter their laws; and
II Andrew johnson could have had any
power as Military Governor It could
only have been 10 hold and preserve for
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Mr.. johnson said in his speech Of De.
cember 10, 1860:

ceLnDer 10, loOUs
Tennessee will be found standing firm,
though for peace now, standing upon princl-
pie and defending 10 to the last moment. We
do not think, though that we have a%uf1cfut
cause for going out Of the Union now. ana
when the tug shall come, and Greek meets
Greek, and our rights have been refused after
all honorable means have been exhausted.
then Il is viii perish in the last trench. Yes,
in the Language Of Emmett; 81 viii dispute
every inch or ground; ! will burn every blade
Of grass, and The last entrenchment OF free-
dom shall be my grave"
Who would have thought that he did
not hold all things second to devotion
TO his own State, and a determination
to share the late Of her people? He
chose the path at the end OF which Law
reward, power and a place for himself.
If he had differed with bis people, be
should have yielded the honors they
gave him, and
RESIGNED u S~ENATORSHIP,
not turned it against them. He chung
10 the Office, and his course even pro-
cured him higher Office and greater
emOluments. Men usually seek what
they win. He sought the Presidency In
the North, which he could not Obtain in
the Southland he won il.
Many remember the violence Of his
Southern advocacy in the B~reckinridge
and Lane canvass, his bitter attacks on
Bell and his party a unworthy Of conf
dence in the South. He said Bell
would take position in Lineolnis eabi
net. Bell went South, and johnson took
position under Lincoln.
These extracts show, how, proclaim
ing himself for the Union in one breath,
he melted his constituents with another,
aud then deserted them when they fol-
lowed the natural result Of his teach
ing, and gave 10 the world a declaration
Of independence, founded on his own
resolutions quoted above, on which he
proposed TO stand. II is as follows:
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
We the people Of Tennessee, waving any
Expression Of opinion AZ 10 the abstract doc I
Of secession, but asserting that the right
u a free and independent people to alter, ]
mend on abolish our government in such
manner ~ We deem proper, 20 ordain and de- \
'iarei thai All the laws and ordinances by
which the hiefe OF Tennessee became a mem 4
Der OF the Federal Union are hereby abro- /
.ated and ennullcd, and that All obligations
n our part be Withdrawn therefr0m. and we !
Iereby resume all our rights a I'd become n
sovereign and independent State.
That declaration vas made with an
tempt to ecerce a State, impending
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the chief c~onspirator in this hEgrant VI
olation Of constitutional rights, is flour.
isbin0 the Constitution over his head
and asking your vote for Congress IS 70 re.
visit the sceue Of his blacklist crime.
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RECORD.

A True Account Of the Public
Acts Of the Defamer Of Ten
nessee Women, Tennessee
Soldiers and Tennes-
see Statesmen.
A Sketch Of the Military Cover
nor who Rakes in the Ashes
Of the Past and Perpetu-
ates War AnimOsities
and Hates.
The Course and Conduct Of the
Nan who Imprisoned and In
suited Preachers Of the
Gospel and Levied IN
Just Taxes.
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ne asks Tor amnesty. does ne repent
Of this2 Can he apologize or atone fol
It? Are our sleeping heroes resting in
ignominious graves? Are those who fell
following the peerless Lee, the noble
Johnston, or the indomitable Jackson
sleeping in igDominious graves2 Can
we thus soon forget our dead braves and
profane their memory by the elevation
Of him who uttered such a sentiment to
the mothers and wives OF our fallen
heroes2
Perish the past, forgotten be its heart
5urnings and struggles, its manly blows,
given and received in front; but never
perish the memory Of the brave and true
who fell in defense Of their homes and
ire-sides until memory shall be RACED
from the brain and all hearts In Ten
nessee be wasted away. We do not ask
Of the Federal soldier, an oblivion that
shall make him forget mis- battles and
marches nor his dead comrades, sacred
TO him as ours to US; nor can we (nor
would be ask IT. forget ours; nor him
who thus detained their memory, called
their resting places "ignominiOus
kraNesl-neVpr.
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He said Lspeeches, b. "a !:

It is wrong that Mark Cockril and VIC
Harding, by means Of fOrceu and unpaid labor,
should have -mOnOpOlized so large a share Of
the lands OF Tennessee, and say II their i'm
mense plantations were divided up and par
ccled ont amongst a number Of free, indus
triOus and honest farmers, it would give more
good citizens TO the Commonwealth.
1t was to a crowd of negroes that he
thus wanted to parcel the lands Of their
masters.
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Henceforth all men shall have a fair
start in the race for life. This corrupt
slave aristOcracy Of Nashville taunt the
friends of free labor with negro equali-
ty. Walk along High street, among the
people whose son are now skulkinE
In guerrilla bands close to our city, rObbing
and numbering, and yOu can see As many mu-
lattO children as white children bearing un-
m~istakable resemblance 70 some Of Nashville's
aristocracy5Speech twenty-fourth Of Octo-
Der, 1869.
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Montgomery county Formerly OF DICKSON.
These are a few examples hastily
gathered up. Thus was violated the
Constitutional right of trial by jury, Of
the presumption Of innocence, Of free
dom from seizure OF property, of per-
sonal liberty, and even life, not from
any military Necessity. No military
end could be furthered by these arbi-
trary acts.
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He fTrumbuuJ iuCmates that tvo-thirdg Of
the stats can amend the Constitution. that
the North Is 20 go Oh In conformity With the
Constitution until slavery has been abolished
then amend She Constitution and obnterate
the States Cannot we understand that7 You
talk about southern men being alarmed.
They are not alarmed. They see the encrOach-
Ing doctrines. They see the principles laid
down By which an Institution that Is dear %
them is 70 be uprooted and blotted out Of en-
istence. Then ought you 20 Lhink a Southern
man violent, and call him rash, when he de-
clares that he viii not be willing 10 see Gtis
man e~nleytaiafH0 the sumo d0cffnes and aduo-
cutting them, administer ms Government i0hon
Il IS u be administered to the Destruction u he
CoustifutcH. can as NFc-e0deFs. ! am no hne-
eater. ] am not panic stricken, but becauss ]
ala neither. should i be blind, nor see the nd
vance, Should i bs deaf and not hear the np-
preaching storm? Can we be mistaken You
see be speaks OF the idea OF amending the
Constitution. dc refers 20 . time when free
I'm mill rufraraaFfg nraUaH
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When you come to break up and turn loose
the ditferent elements there is no telling what
combinations may take place in the future. II
may occur, for instance, 70 the Middl states
that they may not get as good a government
by going a little further south as by remaining
where they are. Itmay occur 70 North Caro-
nna, 20 Tennessee, TO Kentucky, 70 Maryland.
TO MissOuri-and perhaps Illinois fall in,
tOO-thau by erecting themselves into a central
and Independent republic, disconnected with
either the North or the South, they could
stand as a peace-maker, resisting the heated
and surging waves of the south and the fanat-
ical abolitionism Of the North. Grit might
turn out, our institution Of slavery being ex-
posed on the northern line, that BIZ looking to
Pennsylvania to New York, and TO some Of
the other States, instead OF having a hostile
power upon our frontier, they might come to
this central republic aDd give US such consti-
UuuOnal guarantees that it might be 70 our in
terest to form an alliance with them and have
a protection on our frontier. / throw out these
considerations There Will be various pro-
jects, and various combinations made.
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WAsHrNGTaS, d. C., July 10, 551GevernO
Il hope, as / haveuO doubt, you VIII see tina
tho laws passed by the last Legislature
are faithfully executed, and that all Illegal
voters In the approaching election be kept
from the polls, and that the election
Of member or Congress be conducted
fairly Whenever IL becomes necessary
FOR the execution Of the law, and the pTotsc-
ton Of ballOt-b0G, you win coll upon General
Thomas for sufficient military force 10 sustain
the civil authorities Of the state. have just
read your address, which I most heartily in
dOrse. ANDREW JOHNSON,
President United states.
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Mr.. Chatham cal Win poor grace ask for a
seatin Congress after having attempted TO
break up the Government, violate the consii-
tation. trampiing the laws under foot, and
aaeEine 70 disorgauize, and pull Gown The
Governmentlfaeh
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APLEA FOR NIGHT AIR.

But in Heavens name what air, as Miss
Nightingale says, can we breathe at night
except night ain? The choice lies between
pure night air from without and foul night air
from within; most people prefer the latter,
it is true, but it is night air all the same
though they may not be aware Of the fact
Did YOU ever test these two kinds Ofnight
air by going early in the morning into the
room Of person brought up to sleep with
closed windows, aud Immediately afterward
into one where the sash has been lowered
six inches from the top, and raised six
from the bottom? Well, what did you find?
In one, however pretty and well arranged,
however healthy, neat, aud well its OC-
cupant, a smell Of bed-clolhes, Of damp
towels, Of dust, of carpet-all slight, but all
indicative Of that uSed-up condition of the
atmosphere which Is SO fatal to a sleeper.
In the other, no better situated or furnish
ed, an elastic feel, perfume of freshness
which made breathing pleasant. Was it
not so?
Or did you ever compare your own SEN
sations after sleeping in fresh air with those
produced after sleeping in foul? How many
Of the failures, the mischances of lifs, the
morning dullness which hindered this or that,
the refusal of the brain to work at a crit al
moment, the apathy, the blindness of PER-
ceptioD, date back to that Unaired bedroom
which sent us forth unrefreshed to our
work, and ushered in depressing aud dis
couraged day.
But il is useless to contend with so deep
ly-rooted prejudice. Let us 90 lack to
our exiled friend, who certainly has a day
time claim, though he be denied a nightly
one, TO our suiferance.
How few of us recognize, as the long win
ter creeps away, and, shrinking from the
outward chill, we cover into fire-side cor
ners and warm wraps, how day by day we
are insensibly cOntenting ourselves with the
same bTeathed-Over air which, scarcely re-
novated since, supplied our lungs yesterday
and the day before. "Open the windows,
indeed" we cry; "why, it's all we can do to
exists with them tightly shut?"
Yes, but, paradox as its seems, there is
warmth in the very cold which an open
window would admit. That is, the oxygen
of the purer air, quickeniug the circulation
and bringing the temperature Ofhead, hands,
and feet into proper balance, will OF itself
induce a glow which helps the fire to re-
warm the room after its airing. And with
the euuipoise of circulation gOod-humOr
comes, and cheerfulness, and the capacity
TO be amused. How we lose these things
how dull We grow stewing over registers,
or before misunderstanding stoves. The
winter seems to get into us--our wits stiffen
and freeze; we don't laugh or enjoy, we sim
ply endure life, and with desperate longing
sit waiting for the spring.-FrOm "HOme
and Society,", Scribner'S for March.
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argued that that they were shown to hav
had no foundation whatever.
Mr.. Conkling fully agreed with Mr.. Cor
bett and said that the substitute was emf
nently just and proper, but inasmuch as its
adoption would prevent investigation he ap-
pealed to the Senator to withdraw it, feel
ing confident that an investigation would
completely explode all the charges, insinua-
tons and imputations that had been made.
Mr. Corbett withdrew his substitute.
Mr.. Harlan moved an amendment to the
amendment offered by Mr.. Conkling some
days since. Mr. Harlans amendment dir
ect the committee to inquire whether any
American Senator or citizens has been in
unauthorized communication or collision
with the agents of any Foreign power,
which was adopted.
Mr.. Morton said if the Senator from Mas
sachusetts and the Senator from Missouri
could succeed in establishing their case, the
elect would be to make a case for Prussia
against this country. According to MIR.
Summers own argument in the Alabama
case, Prussia would have a claim against
the United States for consequential dam
ages, amounting to
Hundreds of Millions,
for she could maintain that by supplying
France with arms we had prolonged the
siege of Paris, and thereby put her to enor-
nous additional outlay and loss.
Mr.. Conkling said Mr.. Summer had tried
to make out stronger case for Prussia
against the United States than our case
against England, because be had argued
that France when she got those arms from
Jus was PROSTATE aud llnarmed, and there
fore, we had not merely furnished one of
the bellgerents with arms, but actually set
her on her feet again and enabled her 10
continue the war.
Mr.. Merton cOntinued-I shall vote for
this resolution because know as well as |
know anything that has not transpired in
my own presence, that this whole inquiry
is sham and preteuse without any fonnda-
ton whatever, and may say know il will
result in the vindication of the Government
and shall vote for this resolution for the pur-
pose of squeiching the scandals that have
been scattered abroad for mere political
effect; but if | thought there was reason to
believe that through the Chief of Ordnance
or anybody else my Government had done
wrong, should not vote for the resolution,
because l do not believe that there is any
moral or patriotic obligation resting on me
to go forward to make out cause of action
against my own country.
The Final Vote.
The Senate to-day continued the debate
until 7 O'Clock. The resolution was adpted-
yeas 81, nays 5. The following are the
nays: Cole, Edmunds, Gilbert, Harlan and
Wright.
The preamble was laid on the table, all
voting aye except Mr.. Edmunds, who
wanted it voted down directly.
Messrs. Morton and Conklng said Mr..
voting to lay the paeamble on the
table was a confession that it was wrong
which Mr.. Sumner Indignantly denied.
The legislative appropriation bill was
5a.Sen up and the Senate adjourned.