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Year: 1867

and who fought to uphold the goyernmen,


while they fought to destroy it. 1t takes time
to work out changes and organic reforms In
the structure Of political institutions. Pro-
gress in human affairs is OF slow growth ex-
cept in periods of violent commissions in So
ciety which form epochs in history / need
not say that the work oi reconstruction is re-
tarded by the ilusory hope held out to the in
surgent States, of restoration on terms less
favorable than this amendment to the future
security and repose OF the government; bu'
this error cannot last. Moderate, yet firm in
our purpose consistent and uniform in what
we propose, we tender an amendment to which
we trust these States viii accede, In the same
spirit Of trankness and good faith in which we
offer 1t for their acceptance. Ii, to our disap-
pontment aud regret they shall manifest a
spirit OF continued hostility, and by rejecting
proposition so liberal and just, evince a set
Tied purpose to continue to Cypress those
Whom we are bound in honor to protect, and
at the same time to represent them in the
councils OF the federal government, it will
then be the duty Of Congress, by more strin-
gent measures, to give effect to the popular
will. There can be no reaction; the nstien
has 10 power OF turning back. The powers
Of Congress are ample under the Const itu-
tion and those powers will be exercised. so
ar as the public safety may demand, with the
hrnness worthy OF great people.
Year: 1867

Governor FentoM on the Constitutional


Amendment.


The following is the portion OF Governor
Fenton's address to the New York Legisla-
ture,, which especially concerns the proposed
amendment to the national constitution. 1t
will be seen that the Executive of New York,
like the Executive of Maine, while recon-
mending the ratification of the amendment,
does not hesitate to say that if the measure
fails, through the fault OF the Southern States,
more etficacious means will be adopted He
tells the Legislature ... !.


1t will be your high privilege in the name OF
the people or this State to ratify the proposed
constitutional amendment, which have the
honor to transmit upon this opening day OF
your session. l cannot too earnestly recon-
mend your prompt action in order that the
Judgment Of New York, on proposition so
moderate and SO just, may be submitted at
the earliest day to the unrecOnstructed States,
and that on our part, there may be no delay
in anchoring these fraternal guarantees in the
federal constitution. l need not discuss the
features ofthis amendment; they have UNDER
gone the ordeal of public consideration since
the adjournment OF Congress in July last; !;
and they are understood, appreciated and ap-





government, upon any great question affecting
our national interests, has there been such
unanimity in the expression OF the popular
will. The proposed amendment seems TO con-
tain Just the conditions OF safety and justice
indispensable to permanent settlement. 1t
spans the chasm which the rebellion opened
between the loyal and the insurgent States /;
and if it shall be accepted in good faith, as
frankly as 1t is rendered, the way is already
open for reconciliation and lasting peace.


There Is no other plal before the people.
and the verdict of the ballot-box implies that
no other plan is desired. The claims that the
revolving States could, by their own act. and
without the consent OF Congress, restore their
former relations to the government against
which they rebelled, ana that an executive
officer OF the government could exercise the
prerogative OF Congress, and legalize illegal
governments organized by armed and unpar-
doned rebels--have both been rejected and
condemned. On full and deliberate consider
alton, the people have pronounced in favor oi
the authority OF Congress over the whole sub
| Ject OF reconstruction and have declared theh
| purpose that the rebel States shall not be Te-
stored to their former participation i'll the gov.
ernment until suitable constitutional guaIan.
| tess are provided for security against present
disloyalty and future rebellion.


| 1 am not insenslble OF the obstacles to Q
| cheerful acceptance OF the amendment by
! those who retain much of the bitterness which
they cherished toward US through iour years
| OF wasting war; and who are still imbued
with prejudice against equaity of right fol
those whom they recently held in bondage
Year: 1867

We call particular attention 10 our stock as the best, that has ever been offered 10 this market. As we purchased our goods for cash, we can afford to sell cheap, and are determined to do so. Give us a call. and satisfy yourself, that our stock is as we represent it. and that we will do as we sayi apr7-
Year: 1867

Two HOURS reading of good news
paper is as profitable as six hours work
out Of twelve. The farmer and the
produce dealer equally should under-
stand the markets Sometimes to know
thing is the same as to earn S1O0.
Year: 1867

GUILTY OR NOT GulLTY9' sharply said
a city Judge, the other day, to an mat.
tentlve female prisoner in the dock -
Just as your honor pleases It's not for
the like o me to dictate to your honors
worship was the reply. ...
Year: 1867

Tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied her raven ringlets in;


But not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovely floating hair,
For tying her bonnet under her chin
She tied q young mans heart within.
They were strOlling together up the hill,
Where the wind comes blowing merry and


chill,


And it blew the curls frolicsome race,
All over the happy, peach colorcd face,
Till scolding and laughing she tied them in,
Underher beau iiul, dimpled chin.
And it blew color, light as the bloom
OF the pinkest fuchsias tossing plume,
All over the cheeks of the prettiest girl
That ever imprisoned romping curl,
Or, tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied a young mans heart within.
Sleeper and sleeper grew the hill
Madder, merrler, chiller still
The western wind blew down and played
The widest tricks with the little maid,
AS tying her bonnet under her chin
She tied u young mans heart within.
Oh western wind, do you think it was fair
TO play such tricks with her floating hair ?
To gladly, gleefully, do your best





Topillow her againstthe young mans breast,
Where he as gladly folded her in,
And kissed her mouth and dimplcd chimp
Oh, Ellcry Vane, you little thought,
An hour ago, when you besought
This country lass to walk with you,
After the sun has dried the dew,
What perilOus danger you'd be in
AS she tied her bonnet under her chin.


GRAMMATICAL TAUTOTOLOGY.
I'll prove the word that I've made my theme
IS that that may be doubled without blame;
And that that that, thus trebled, l may use,
And that that that that critics may abuse
May be correct. Farther-the dons to bother
live that's may closely follow one another;
Cor be it known hat we may safely write
)r say, that that that that that man writ was


right
Nay cen that that that that that that followed
Through six repeats the grammer's rule has


hGllowed;
md that that that (that that that that began)
Repeated seven times is ght!-dcny't who


can.
Year: 1867




We are more heavily taxed in this
country than the people of any other
country IN the world. Not even those
nations OF Europe which have been
piling up enormous national debts for
centuries, through ambitious and dynas-
tic wars, and which have to support ex-
pensive Monarchical Governments and
privileged aristocraeies, are burdened as
this young Republic. The national debt
Of England is larger than that of any
other nation; bat ours is not less weighty,
because the interest is much higher. But
when we take into account the debts Of
the several States, the counties and the
cities and towns, in addition to the debt
of the Federal Government, the burden
is much heavier and the taxation far
greater. We used to boast of our cheap
Government, and point to the people Of
Great Britain, weighed down with taxa
ton, by way Of striking contrast. Now,
however, our taxes in the aggregate
are for each individual nea-ly IL not
quite as much as the people Of England
have to bear; and almost all this meun-
tain of debt has been accumulated within
seven years.


The question which the American peo.
pie viii soon ask-whieh, 10 fact, they
begin to asks, how has it happened
that such an enormous debt was con-
tracted Admitting the necessarily vast
expenses of a war unparalleled in history,
we still cannot shut our eyes to the fact
that other nations have had wars Of vast
magnitude and of much longer duration
without creating anything like such
debt. Well might Mr.. Stevens say, in
his remarkable letter which we published
on Saturday, that 1--WE have thrown
away our billions and are still throwing
away millions by mismanagement."
Seven years or less of radical republican
rule has piled up debt 10 the aggregate
of over four thousand millions of dollars.
Expensive as the war was, there wSs no
necessity for creating q debt One-hslf or
a third as large as this. History fur
nishes no example comparable with
such ignorance, corruption and misman-
agement in national finances as the party
in power has exhibited. Mr.. Chase in
augurated this frightful system Of finance,
and Mr.. McCulloch and his other
friends and supporters have continued to
carry it out. Not only did they create
a stupendOus debt while
the war lasted, but they have kept up
the burden since by reckless and extrav-





the most ruinOus and costly internal
revenue system to support an army Of
partisan office holders, and then have
permitted frauds upon the Government
10 the amount Of hundreds of millions.
They have established military despOt-
ism in the South that will cost another
hundred millions at least, and in the end,
probably, several hundred millions.
They have given us the Infamous nation
al bank system, which robs the people
directly OF twenty-five to thirty millions
q year and absorbs all the profits of in
dustry. The Freedmen's Bureau. the
Pension and Bounty laws, with their
uncalled for gratuities and
grants, amount to an incredible sum.
They have heaped up burdens too
grievous to be borne. No other nation
could have stood under them SO long, aud
the people Of this country cannot bear
them much longer.
Year: 1867

man, and accept him as a leader, because
he does not condescend to tell them
where he Is going 30 lead them zap
plause.) Is that Democracy? Is that
Republicanism Is that the genius OF
our Constitutions Was It not Calhoun
who said that In this country there was
nothing that could be kept secret that
could be worth Keeping secret, for the
genius OF our institutions Is publicity ?
And now the American people boast that
their leader does not condescend to ten
them what he thinks There may be
two reasons why q man does not talk.
One is that he has got nothing to say.
That is not the timber Of which to make
President. Another Is that he dare not
tell what he thinks. But man does
net speak by his tongue. He speaks by
every drop Of his blood, by every motion
Of his body, by every emotion Of his soul :
and Grant mas not made that record.
General Grant Is the only prominent man
Of the day whose acts have been followed
up by long chapter of apologies he
never takes step but the whole Amer
lean press sets out to tell you that 1t does
not mean what il seems to mean.
Year: 1867




IPPIU Oh GEANT.


Wendell Phillips delivered discourse
in Philadelphia on the "Perils Of the
Hour" The following is report Of that
portion of his philippe in which be made
special reference to Gen. Grant:


five put into the Presidential chair
the idea represented by Thad. Stevens
using his name merely as a cOunter), we
shall gain ninety-tiye per cent. Of what
we have earned in this war; put George
b Mcclellan there, and we shall gain
two and a half per cent; put there the
idea that Ulysses Grant repre-.
sents, and we shall get forty per cent.
Mark me, do not care anything for the
names; / am merely using them as
symbols OF the ideas they represent; and
my anxiety is to secure sll that cur blood
and treasure have earned. The speaker
touchingly referred to the return OF a
Boston regiment from the war, and sitter
expressing his own emotions At the sight
he said that the country owed it to those
who risked and those vino had lost their
lives in our struggle that nothing which
they had earned be lost or jeopardized.
The men who sleep in the swamps of the
ChickAhOminy asked that q man be put
in the White House who represented
the idea for which they were
willing 10 die. What man
at this time more prominently than any
other stood before the country? A
voice" Grant") Gen. Ulysses Grant
was that man 20 whom the speaker
would most cheerfully accord sli the
praise and applause which that general
was entitled 70 receive. He il was who
said, 81 will fight Il out on this line If il
lasts forever and therefore was it un-
wise or unnecessary thst we should ask Of
such a man, who never quilted the line he
had once adopted, "Sir, on what line do
you intend to carry the nation out ~
He is the man OF granite and iron. 1t
was because he was granite and iron that
be carried Us safely through Virginia.
Before you stamp the policy Of the future
in granite and iron, be sure You have the
right instrument with which to stamp.
Men cay that Grants merits is his reti-
cence. Reticenee what il the meaning
of retieence? The Pope in the Vatican
is reticent, and the world bows at his
feet. Aristocracy sits in the palaces Of
France, and is reticent and the en-
shaved millions put their hands on their
lips and their Iii ps in the dust, and accept
ii. Reticent! It is the symbol OF
aristocracy il is the eorrOiary
of education and wealth. But DEM
ocracy, the miliisns with the thought,
the millions with the conscience, the
millions with the ballot--tell them that
they are. 70 cit dOwn at the foot Of q
Year: 1867

George W. Kendall writes from
Texas in the following sensible vein
to his old paper, the New Orleans
Picayune.


"The lessons which adversely
teaches are hard; yet they must be
learned. And these lessons are al
ways useful I know that it comes
hard for q you G man to walk be-
hind plow who once rode behind
a fast trotter; nor is 1t agreeable to
young lady to make and put on
her dresses all by herself, who for
merly had couple of servants to
take these irksome jobs other hands
Yet / can see no other remedy, at
least for those who have simply been
ruined by the war, and the list is a
long one. That a large majority
have accepted the situation cheer
fully 1 am glad to say is true-I
mean the situation to earn their own
living all must do it. And there
are many who think, and I am one
of them that in the long run it will
be all the better for the rising gener-
alton of the south--a generation
which is to follow one notoriously
brought up in ignorance and indo-
lence as to any useful occupation.
The race of men growing up will be
more musoular-the woman stron-
ger and heartier- and their children
again improve upon the stock. l
have never heard that exercise was
hurtful, and / have consulted good
physicians On the subject


S1f it is true that Wendell Phillips
ever said that the best education in
the world is that got by struggling
to get living Wendell Phillips
said one true thing at least. tits a
free school, and we should all enter
Year: 1867

it, this struggling for living It
is all folly to sit on the bank of the
river and hesitate, as does boy in
springtime before taking his first
bath in water he thinks too cold.


Better plunge in at once, and be out
of your misery. How often do We
hear people complain that they have
been out all day a hunting for a ser
want without success. Had they
turned to in the morning they could
have done all their work themselves
in couple Of hours, and saved mon
ey by the operation. Too many
people in the South have been
brought up to be waited .ron; they
must now tie their own shoes, and
repeat that the sooner they begin the
better it will be. I know that many
think they can escape this state OF
things by going to Brazil or some
other out of.the-way place; but toll
is the common lot Of the poor man
the world over, so far as have seen,
and in no parr of the world is toll as
remunerative as in the Southern
| States of America. Let us work.
Year: 1867

The President, IN the suspension
of Secretary Stanton, has done in
directly what he dare not do direct
". There is no reason to suppose
Gen. Grant will be retained at the
head Of the War Office any longer
than pleases the President, who, un-
I.doubtedly, will soon supplant him
by the appointment of some man
devoted to the Presidents policy.


The President cannot with the
least show of consistency retain
Gen. Grant as Secretary of War, if
it be true that the General and Mr..
Stanton are in accord. One of two
things must soon be made apparent,
either that the impression which is
abroad to the effect that Grant en-
dorses the course of Stanton is false
belief, or that the removal Of Stan
ton is made to crafty personal NAL
ice. 1t would hardly seem possible
that this can be the end of Cabinet
changes. We can not yet believe
that Mr.. Seward has swung so fan
from his old faith as to permit such
al Administration wrong and yet
retain his seat in the Cabinet. We
do not believe it of Postmaster Gen
eral Randall who now is absent a
broad.


The Democlat ats have raised the hue
cry that Mr.. Stanton, with the army
at his back, would resist all attempts
at removal. No sensible man be-
lieved any such q thing. Hitherto
the President had only intimated
that Mr.. Stanton S resignation would
be accepted. The Secretary had as
good right to judge of the public
welfare as had Mr.. Johnson, and he
very properly declined to resign
But when the President ordereq him
to leave the War Office, he did So
thus transferring the responsibility
of the act from bis own shoulders tc
those Of the President.


True, the Presiden breaks the i'm
mediate force Of the blow by plac
ing Gen. Grant in Stanton's stead
Mr.. Johnson could have made nc
appointment which would have beer
SO satisfactory to the country
change being decreed-as is the ap
pointment Of the Lieutenant Gener
al. But, within moths time, W.
shall see q request from Gen. Gran
to be relieved from his double duty
| ouan chouII tho pyaciIonf not vol
UNFAIRLY relieve him sooner. Their
will be accomplished just what the
President wishes.


The Republicans should now com
pei Mr.. Stanton to be their candi
date for the Presidency.-C. HearId
Year: 1867

ne New OTledlS OTtSC6Ht ody :


"One of the most conservative Of
southern journals, the New Orleans
Bee, comedies substantially with the
views of the Crescent on the subject
of the relations of the conservative
classes in the south to national poll
tics. The Bee agrees with us that
the northern democracy is power
less to affect anything favorable to
the south, and that the south cannot
reinforce the northern Democracy
or help i'll any way to reinstate its
principle Our cotemporary thinks,
indeed, that what is left of the Dem
ocratic party cannot do a better
thing than to yieldup the ghost"
Year: 1867

Let no man be too proud to work
Let no man be ashamed of hard fist or
a sunburnt countenancc. Let him be
ashamed only Of ignorance and sloth.
Let no man be ashamed Of poverty
Let him only be ashamed of dishonesty
and idlcness.
Year: 1867

Two distinguished philosophers took
shelter under one tree during a heavy
shower. After some time. one of them
complained that he felt the rain.


'''Never mind" replied the other, ''as
there are plenty of trees, when this one
is wet through we will go to another
Year: 1867

ENTERPaIsE.-By an advertisement in
this weeks paper. it will be seen tha, the
citizens Of Troy are still alive and at
work, and have inaue an important
enterprise-,he organization of Woolen
Mills Company. That is one OF the most
important branches of M manufacture in the
State, and canuot be otherwise than q
vast benefit to any community. A
Wooden Msnufactory. complete in every
department, is what we have long desired
to see established in White Clond. and
one that we hope to see in successful op-
GRAFTON, before the close of next years
Summer.
Year: 1867

E Will the publisher Of the Kansas
Educational Journal please direct the
copy for the Chief to White Cloud :! 1t
is usually directed to Oskaloosa. and the
Postm aster at that place forwards it to us.
with some such remarks as these: "If


you want your mail. you had better have
it sent to some other place than Oska-
loosa. or you may have to come after il. !"
Year: 1867

e. Last Saturday crippled soldier
called at our Office and said he had just
come from St. Joseph. that he was out OF
money. and had asked the Mayor OF that
city to aid him 10 getting to Omshs, and
that he had abused him and orde red him
to leave the city. Several of Our citisens
gave him sufficient money to start on his
journey. We don't know much about
the Mayor. but are Of opinion that be
was an active rebel sympsthizer during
the war. A mao who will mistreat .
one armed soldier who has periled his
life in defence Of our country, is con-
temptible. cowardly copperhead. and does
not possess an iota of the manhood that
should be found in an honorable enemy.
= Wathena Reporter.


That one-armed soldier was around
this way and about the only redeeming
feature in his case, is the fact that be lost
one arm by happening to be in the I'm
ion army. We say happening. because
bis natural drift would have taken him
into the rebel army. He csmc here beg
ging money to take him to Omaha. He
hunted up a man who had served in the
same brigade. from whom he procured q
paper recommending him as proper OBJ
ject Of charity. and who headed the list
with subscription. snd also kept the
man over night. The fellow then circu
lated his list. and those who did moi
feel able to give. were cursed and abused
by him. He also spoke in mean and
contemplate manner Of the friend who
gave him the certificate and entertained
him. because he did not subscribe encug Oh
to suit him, and because he had gone into
bis house. after an early morning trsml
after his dram. and found him at famil,
worship. With the first money he raised
he got beastly drunk. Although he re
ceive1 about twenty dollars here. he spen
it about all before leaving for Omaha
keeping drunk all the while. About tn


6rst thing he did. after getting his fill o
whiskey. was to commence cursing th


Odd sinking nsgurs." aud he progress
ed until his msledictions extended to tn
stars and stripes. Soldier as he was. ,b
only thing that saved his carcass was tn


loss Of an arm. He is utterly unworth
of any charity whatever.
Year: 1867

RAILRoaH The Railroad project from
St. Joseph to the Iowa State line. has
passed into new hands. and vigorous
preparations are making to push the work
ahead. A meeting is to be held at Forest
City, on Wednesday Of the present week.
A delegation from this place will be in
attendance, to see what can be done to-
ward bringing the road to a point on the
opposite bank Of the river.
Year: 1867

SwILER & SPENCER are determined to
keep up with the times. They received, this
morning, large addition to their stock OF
plated ware. Their stock now is most com
plete, and we advise persons intending to
make holiday presents to call on them
They sell none but first class goods, and no
house in this vicinity can undersell them.