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Year: 1868

conduct of the Impeachment Managers in their


present investigation but foretaste of what


would follow with such men in power? Here


we have all the personal rights of the citizen
invaded at once. Without any process of law
whatever man is deprived of his liberty and
thrust into cell at the mere bidding of poll
acal bully. The secrecy Of the telegraph and


Post Office is violated as no man would dare
to violate it in despotic France. Men who
90 such things merely because they have the
power will know no limit but that of their
power in enforcing their will. With the gov
ernment in their hands and administered by
their tool we would see law passed in Con-
gress to give the government the same author


ity over the Northern that it has over the


Southern States, and Grant, with the Habeas


Corpus act suspended, executing that law.


In the success of the radicals the people


may foresee the supremacy of such principles;
and in supporting the opposing party they give
their voices for the supremacy of the consttu-
tion and return to the old established order
of our government. This is assuming that the
democrats will nominate Chase. We believe
they will do this for the simple reason that
Chase is the only man with whom they can win.
They can elect no other; and it is only
question with them whether they will elect the
Chief Justice or be beaten. Chase's name
indicates the principles of the party that
sustains him. He is the only man of great
intellect in our politics who has conspicuously
stood for the conservation of government of
law and opposed the fury of the radicals. He
made his first point against these extremists
in the courts of North Carolina in determining
against military order of General Sickles,
and he has consistently pursued the same idea
through this great effort to remove the Execu-
tive by political inquest. His conduct on this
trial stamps him man of exalted character,
honesty and resolute to do
what is right.


In the history of one party and in the posi-
BILE candidate of the other men may see what
each aims at, and may determine calmly |
whether they will go with the radicals in a
revolutionary change toward despotism or
with the conservatives for an assertion of the |
supremacy of the law and for securing the |
rights and liberties of the people.
Year: 1868




What are the principles involved in the con-
test for the Presidency upon which the country
is entering? On what facts or what opinions
are the people at issue, and what will it
signify, what objects will be gained, what
purposes furthered, if Grant is elected on the
one hand or defeated on the other? Does the
contest mean anything more than choice be-
tween Grant and man not yet named or the
question which Of two sets of politicians
shall possess the spois? These are the
queries for which every man who desires to
vote intelligently in the present grave state Of
the country must first find answers.


All the promises that the republican organi-
zation means formally and officially to make it
has already made, and all the insight it will
offer into the peculiarties of its policy is given
in its platform and in the name of its candidate.
In its platform this party declares no principles.
1t only puts forth a series of negatives, and
even these are indistinct generalisations that
bind no one and commit the party to nothing
What they say any man can say, no matter
what may be his politics or his views of the





what the principles of this party are it is neces-
sary to examine its history in the past three
years of peace and to consider the
very complete declaration of his position
made by their candidate. Since the
end of the war this republican party has acted
persstently on one idea-revolution; revolu-
tionary reconstruction of our government so
az to give all power to an oligarchy In Con-
gress. This is the one object they have sought,
the one purpose they have persistcntly pur-
sued and kept in sight in every measure. All
things that were likely to aid in the accom-
plishment of this they have favored; all that
stood in the way they have endeavored to
trample down. Their original establishment
OF military despotism in the South their
desperate attempt TO abolish aud stamp out
the Executive; their assault on the Supreme
Court of the United States--all were inspired
by the same idea Of securing the absolute
domination of an oligarchy through revolution
and the overthrow of that fabric OF govern
ment set up by the constitution.


Military despotism, then, supported by i'm.
| hShoO '"N"'iN" anu iNhu, ~ Nlt Will ol an Oh
garchy of arrogant politicians In Congress,
is what the republicans have laborei for
in the past. Within this simple and compre-
hcnsivc programme lie all their principles all
their political ideas; and for this programme
they will labor more energeticaily and with
more resolute persistency in the future.
They will extend the sphere of its opera.
ton ALSO Grant accepts their programm,
fully, unreservedly, slavishly, and dcibc
rately promises beforehand that he will
oppose no obstruction to II, that no policy o
his shall stand in the way Of the prearranges
policy Of the men who pull the wires Of hi
political existence. II such q party succeed
In electing such a.President the country Cal
judge what must be the result. What y u
Year: 1868

THE KANSAS LAND Jon AND OTHER BrG
ions. Washington correspondence yes
teriay exposed big and atrocious job in the
former Cherokee lands in Kansas, in which
the Department Of the Interior had hand.
We had ut the same time accounts OF trc-
mendous job under way for another Pacific
railroad, with all the land grants aud money
which have been lavished on the other routes.
But what IL the use Of talking about these johs !?
They cannot be stopped; they will go on.
Some good may come out Of the Pacific rail-
roads by opening communication across the
Continent, however much the public may be
neeced or have TO pay. And as 30 the rest
the best way, perhaps, is 10 lot them 90 on
without interference ill the villany and cor
ruption connected with them eliminate and
the people become utterly diSgusted.
Year: 1868

The Chinese Embassy at Washington.
The Chinese Embassy after a short stay in


this city have gone to Washington to attend to


the real business of the mission They were


prccluded upon point of etiquette and pro-


priety from receiving any public ovation while


here, because they had not been through the Off


cal form representation at Washington, though


they received many cordial ard hatterng at


tentions in private way. Both at San Fran


cisco and New York they were cordially re-


ceived, and these marked attentions from our


citizens were only preliminary to the hearty


welcome they will receive both officially and


nno6icially at the seat of government. OFF,


cially they will be received at Washington


with all honor and dignity becoming such an


important and unprecedented mission, and


Mr.. Seward will put on his most approving


smile. The government in all its branches


will mark the extraordinary event as becomes


great and friendly Power. There can be no
doubt of its success in this country, for it
means progress and more intimate relations


between the Oldest and most populous empire
and the greatest republic of the world 1t will
leave the shores of America with the most
favorable impressions and with prestige
that will have the happiest effect in the other


nations of the Western World to which it is
going.


The Embassy after having finished its
official business with the government at Wash
ington, will return to this metropolis, and then
ho ;,
The Chamber Of Commerce has already taken
steps to this end. The city authorities, we
suppose, will also act in the matter But
while we hope to see every department and all
our citizens do what they can to give eclat
to the occasion, we recommend the Chamber
of Commerce to take the lead. The Aldermen
and Council of the city would probably want
to make job and a drinking spree out of it,
while the Chamber of Commerce would give
the reception and entertainment q more re-
spectacle character. The entertainment should
be on the largest and most impressive scale.
It should be grand .tste champetre in the
Park, at the old monastery on Monastery
hill. At that sacred and beautiful spot there
could be imbibed with the champagne the pious
feelings pertaining to that holy locality. But
by all means let the Aldermen and Councilmen
be kept in the background, for fear they might
get drunk and desecrate the spot and the occa-
sion. We want to show these distinguished
and learned Chinese when they return to the
metropolis that we are people of taste as well
IS Of hospitality; and we recommend them
not tn On IN an Ohacura small hotel aOain in tho
vicinity Of Mackerelville, but to the Fifth
Avenue or some other good and large hotel,
where persons Of their station and dignity
should 60, and where our respectable citizens
could see them. The Japanese Embassy,
about which so much noise was made, was q
small affair in every way, compared with this
rom China, and we have no doubt the great
metropolis Of America will give due honor
to it.
Year: 1868

FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS OF THE UNION PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY, to the amount Of over Eighteen
Million Dollars have already been sold, and they are
now in constant demand for home investment and on
foreign account. They pay six per cent in gold,
aud run for thirty years. At l02, they yield be-
tween eight and nine per cent to the investor and as
soon as the issue is sold IL not before. they will
doubtless command much higher rate. As first
mortgage on the longest line of railroad in this coun-
try that is already earning more than its interest la


bilites on its way business and which cost nearly
three times their amount the security is undoubted


Subscriptions will be received at the Companys Of
fee, No. 90 Nassau-st and by John j. Cisco ~ Son,
No. 80 Wallst New-York. and by most Of thelesding
bankers throughout the country, wherea new pamph-
let. containing full description of the road and it's
aecurities can be obtained .. n .f.I I.....
Year: 1868

The local editor of the Fond du Lac
Commonwealth, who was soldier dur
ing the war, and for time a prisoner
in the hands of the rebels, writes the
following personal reminiscence:


On the race course, a mile from
the city Of Charleston, South Carroll
ma, in October, 1864, two men were
carrying their prisoner of war to his
long home. One of the pail bearers.
If, indeed, they could be called such,
was a brother of the dead man. The
corpse presented an appearance that
would have sent cold chill to the
very heart of man who had not be-
fore witnessed and become hardened
to similar scenes. The man had died
in the prison, and before he was taken
out, the men, as was customary, driv-
Ell to the last extremity to obtain suf-
ficient clothing to cover their naked
ness, had appropriated all he bad,
leaving him only his under garment
for winding sheet He had long
been suffering from the scurvy the
cords of his legs We're so contracted
that he had not been able TO straight
en- his limbs for weeks his flesh had
become black and hard in many places,
as Is ALWAYS the case when Il person
has this truly terrible disease. His
face, hands and feet were bloated to
twice their usual size; while his eye.
protruded. Previous to his death he
had no shelter, and during the last
.hroes he laid upon the muddy ground,
his hair being filled and his face COW
cred with mud. The men carrying
the corpse, who themselves looked
like ghosts strayed from the tomb,
stopped to rest. As they did so a
well-dressed resident of Charleston,
who happened to be riding past in his
carriage, stopped to look at the corpse.
Observing him, one of the prisoners
remarked, This is pretty hard, isn't
1t p No, d-n him that just the
way all of you d-n Yankees ought to
he served, was the brutal reply.


Reader. need we tell you who that
citizen of Charleston will vote for
the coming Presidential election If
he is not already schorching in the
hell his malignity deserves, he will
vote for Seymour and Blair. Think
you the brother pail bearer viii vote
for the same men?
Year: 1868

succeed now and hereafter against
the wiles Of its opponents, it needs
all its strength; and wisdom would
seem to dictate good degree of char
ity and liberation of past differences
upon forgotten issues. Indeed, the
man who has past through this war
without any change of opinion or SEN
timent in regard to the details of gov
ermental policy, must either have
been gifted with prophetic power to
see the end from the beginning, or
he must have been an lmpenetrable
Ounce on whom passing events. study
and reflection, make no i'm preston.


MATT H CARPENTER.
Year: 1868

THE happiest life on earth, Luther
used to say, is with a plous wife, in
peace and quiet, contented with lit
tie, giving God thanks


1t Is scarcely possible that Luthur
intended to ignore the fact that but
little happiness can be experienced
without much active benevolence.
Year: 1868

THE hides Of the unfortunate dogs
drowned at the pond in New York re-
in this city could be spared for the
same purpose were they not needed to
brush dust off from dry goods on exit
bition in front Of our stores.
Year: 1868

AN exchange says: I'VE were com
PEELED to refuse an offer of Job print
ing from man way back, who inno-
Gently called to get some postage
stamps printed. He was quite dlsap-
pointed because we could not do the
work he wanted en- real bad to put
on letter he writ to a gal, and it
cost too much to buy 'em of the post
office fellers"
Year: 1868

after graduating equally good as In the great
commercial centers Of TIA country, think presents
sufficient Inducements to satisfy any young man ur
that il is their interests patronize Home
IQNtitt1tt0yS The great sy stem Of
Year: 1868

There is a harvester brave and bold,


Who harYests in many lands,
And all his help in the harves time


Is the nelp of his two white hands.
His two white hands, as soft and white
As the wintor's driven snow,
Yet ever he brings his harvest home


To the garner down below.
sickle and cradle and swinging scythe
Are all the same to him,


And steady he goes from field to field.
Stroking his gray beard gim.
stroking his beard as he clips the grain,
Binding it up in sheayes,
And pity the CLEANER who thinks to thrive
on the grain that the harvester leaves.
Death Is the harveste er brave and bold,
VINO haryests in many lands,
And life Is the grain he cuts and sheaves
With the help of his two white hands
The tender grain is the cradles share
The child is the lap of time
A1e sickle gathers the age ripe stalks,
fhe scythe is for manhood's prime.
Gently the childhood field is clint


And softly the age-ripe grain,
But the bearded stalks of manhood;s prirne
bend to the scythe in pain
By quiet hearth's, and soft beds of down.
The haryester's swath is cast.
And many a blooj-red field he reaps


To the cong Of the battle's blast.
Over the earth and sea be goes


The harvester bold and brave
Nor ever shall rest while grain is left
For his garner, the clay-cold grave.
Year: 1868

Whoever wrote the following would do
well to continue in a similar strain. 1t is
from an exchange paper:


1t Is the belief of certain well-meaning
men, who were not born in Constantinople,
that if the American girl were called on to
meet proportion of her expenses by her
own labor, she would be publicly a greater
blessing, and personally healthier, wiser and
happier. 1t is even believed that her out
lay, instead of increasing would diminish.
fracticed In the mystery of keeping ac-
counts. aware by experience of the difficulty
OF earning money, she would be clever
enough to save it. With something to do
che would put less mind, time and purse.
INTO the pursuit of pleasure. Mated at laet
with poor man, ESQ many are incorrigibly
vicious that way J she would share his bur-
den rather than crush him with it. If all
women now were thus, We would have no
cause to cry, as we are sometimes tempted
TO do-oh, for the slow but cheap girl of
thirty years since! Whether democracy is
capable of some such self-saving miracle as
We have indicated, remains to be seen.
Year: 1868

A teacher had been explaining to his class
the points of the compass. All were drawn
up in front towards the north.
Now what is before you John :"


The north, s,r.'' saes s


What is behind you, Tom p


My coat tail, sir, said he, trying at the
same time to get glimpse at it. H
Year: 1868

The rust is over the red of the clover,


The green is under the gray,
And down the hollow the fleet winged swallow
Is flying away and away.
Fled are the roses, dead are the roses,


The glow and the glory done,
And down the hollow the heet-wiuged swallow
Flying the way o the sun.
In place of summer a dread newcomer,


His solemn state renews;
crimson spleudor instead of the tender


Daisy, aud the darling dews
But oh the sweetness, the full completeness


That under his reign are born
Russet and yellow in apples mellow,
His rAds}s gB B1f5affgg t88diIJIG t88diIJIGL sRtdd eq5pt


Maple and oak and thorn
And rising aRd falling, his winds are calling,


Like hunter through his horn.
No thrifty sower, but just a mower,


That comes when the day is DONE
With warmth a beaming and gold a-gleamiug,


Like sunset after the sun.
Aud while fair weather and frost together


Color the woods so gay,
We must remember that chill December,


Has turned his steps this way.
And say, as we gather in the house together,


And pile the logs on the hearth,
Help us to follow the light little swallow,


E en- to the ends of the earth.
Year: 1868

There is q pillow that hath no share,
But Golfer that paTteth keen and fair.


The burrows rise


To a terrible size,
Or ever the plow hath touched them there
'Gainst horse and plow in wrath they shake;
The horses are fierce but the pillow will break.
And the seed that is dropped in these burrows Of
Will lift the sun neither blade nor ear. fear,


Down it drops plumb


Where no spring time GOMEZ
Nor needeth it any narrowing gear;
Wheat nor poppy nor any leaf
Will cover this naked ground of grief.
But harvest day will come at last,
When the watery winter all is past


The burrows SO gray


Shall be sbOrn away.
By the angels sickles keen and fast;
And the buried harvest of the sea
Stored in the barns of eternity
Year: 1868

The good old times must, 10 very many
respects, have been very bad old times. Read,
for instance, the following extract from the
instructions given in l746 by the Paris
Parliament to Monsieur de Paris'-that is
to say. the Partisan executioner-in regard
to the course he was to pursue in. breaking
the criminals:


Aher undressing the prisoners, no mat
ter whether male or female, until nothing
but a short shirt covers them, he will tic
them to the ST. Andrews cross on the scat.
fold, stretching their limbs as far as possis
Bile, and turning their elbows outside. After
giving the chaplain notice to leave the scaf.
fold, be will take the bar Gan iron bar. four
feet long and very heavy and commence
striking on the prisoners limbs. He will
commence at the left shoulder, crushing the
bones by two deliberate blows. One blow
will be sufficient for the upper arm, two for
the left elbow, two for the wrist and hand.
Two heavy blows will be laid on the left hip
bone, three on the left knee joint, two we'll
laid on, on the left leg, and one on the left
foot. Monsieur de Paris will then wait a
minute or two and commence working on
the right side of the culprit, commencing at
the foot and finishing at tue shoulder The
grefier of the court will see to it that these
instructions are strictly carried into effect,
The screams of the culprit must not be
needed by Monsieur, nor must he give him
the coup de grace before finishing in on the
right shoulder. The coup de grace is to
consist of three heavy blows, to te delivered
on the breast of the prisoner; if the prisoner
is woman, the coup de grace will be de-
livered under the ribs, lest her bosom
should break the force of the blows. The
body of the culprit will be delivered to the
medical faculty of Paris, which will file a
report on the condition of the corpse with
the greffier of the Parliament"


This horrible mode of execution was wit
messed on an average once week BY the
Parisians. One of the last victims of this
atrocious cruelty was poor servant girl, who
had been convicted of stealing two or three
dresses from her mistress. She was broken
on the wheel because larcenies by domestics
had become very numerous in Paris. Her
agony lasted eleven minutes, and stream
of blood spouting from her mouth after her
knee joint had been crushed, drowned her
heart-rending cries. Queen Marie Anioin-
cite had been appealed to save the girl, aud
haughtly refused. This was afterward re.
Louis XVI, about three thousdhd persons
were annually broken on the wheel Such
were the good old times in France.
Year: 1868

PROMISING TO MARRY THE GIRL.-We
yesterday heard rather good story on one
of our city ministers. During last winter a
a revival was in progress in one of the coun-
try churches near the city. Among the reg
ular attendants,o on the meeting, was a beauti-
ful and estlmable, but rather unsophisticated
young lady, whose friends were very anxious
to have her unite with the church. She
seemed however reluctant to do so and
the minister in question was requested to
talk to her. This he did several times,
on one occasion saying, in jocuar manner
Miss NJ if you'll join the church I'll
marry you, meaning he would perform the
ceremony. The girl seemed pleased with
the proposition, and few evenings after
walked up to the altar and united with the
church. Several weeks after this the minister
preached at the church, and after the seryi.
ces met the young lady. Brother said
she, you promised to marry me if I'd ioin
the church. Are you going to do so |
didn't want to wait any longer The minis
ter saw his dilemma and attempted to ex-
plain. q meant would perform the cere-
mony,' he said, that's all. / can't marry
you myself, for | am already married and
love my wife too much to desire to swan her
off for another The young lady became in.
dignant, declared that she'd leave the church
and that she never did have much faith in
these town preachers Our ministerial
friend declares that he will never again use
any other than plain scripturaI argument 10
induce young lady to join the church
Year: 1868

LONG SERMONS "A lawyer who consum-
es three hours in arguing question of law
relating to the ownership of barrel of APP
Piles is indignant at his minister for exceed.
ing twenty FIVE minutes in unfolding one of
the great principles of morality, on the OBJ
servance Of which the tolerabe existence of
society depends. The judge who fills two
hours with his opinion on the right of a
counsel to challenge witness, grumbles at
his minister because he has prolonged the
discussion of fundamental laws of human
existence to thirty minutes. The physician
who takes ten minutes to prepare the medi-
cine for the headache is nervously restive if
his minister only spends twice as many in
attempting to relieve chronic heartache
The belle who has spent-how long ? in ad,
justing the bows of her bonnet, is remorse-
less in her criticism on the minister who does
not finish his medtations on the character
of God in fifteen minutes The fop who
has combed and perfumed and waxed his
beard and moustache for an hour, is morti-
fed past endurance if the poor minister is
not through his discussion Of the immortal
life inside of twenty minutes.