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SPEECH OF HUN. B. G. HARRIS, OF
MARYLAND.
On the Reconstruction Resolutions.
in the House of Representatives, on Thursday, after
the expiration of the morning hour, the Speaker an-
nounoed that the special order was the consideration
of the bill heretoiore reported from the Joint Com
mittee on Reconstruction, entitled “A ‘"bill to restore
totbe States lately-in insurrection their full political
rights.” That qur readers may be thoroughly in.
formed of the present Congress, in whose action they;
have no vroce, but in which their most vital interests are
involved, we have f(ggn time to time given the views
of leading men of all parties. With this view we giv e
to-day a large portion of our space to the bold and
startling speech of B. G. Harris, of Maryland,
whose remarks, we are informed, were listened to
throughout with unbroken attention, the members of
the House gathering aronnd him as he proceeded.
Many points of the speech produced marked sensa
tion among the large audience present. We copy
from the report of the House proceedings published
m the Washington papers of Friday :
Tlie.Speaker announced that the special order for
to-day was the consideration of the bill heretofore re
ported from the Joint Committee on Reconstruction,
entitled “A bill to restore to the States lately in insur
rection their full political rights.”
Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, addressed the House
for an hour in a written speech in support of the bill.
The rebels, he said, defeated and overpowered in
their wicked efforts to destroy the Government by
open force, were now seeking to regain their former
iulluence and power in the councils of the country, in
order to accomplish by political treachery what they
had failed to effect by armed rebellion. The pending
bill was a measure absolutely-necessary to thwart
their treasonable schemes. Unless it became a law,in
less than two years we might expect to find all the dis
loyal districts represented here by shameless traitors,
Mr. W. dwelt at great length upon the propriety and
lunpaosity of enforcing the obligation of the test oath;
but, at the same time, expressed his conviction that
the rebels would unhesitatingly violate all oaths, as
they had before, whenever they thought that by doing
so they could overturn the Government.
Mr. Harris, of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, having
been up to this period of the session a silent member
from choice, I deem it my duty now to declare my
views upon some of the political questions which are
presented for the consideration of this House and
this country. 1 should consider it a most ignoble act
to win the suf port or endorsement of any ndfc by the
least concealment or deception.
I then, sir, declare that in principle I now stand as
I stood before the war; as I stood after war was de
clared; as I stood in the last Congress, when I re
ceived its crown of censure; as I stood in prison and
before that infernal instrument of tyranny, a court-
martial. And as I stand in principle so will I stand in
practice whenever occasion may require.
When I indicate that there has been no change in
my principles, this House and this ‘country, possibly
—for the avowal of them has been attended by an un
expected notoriety—may infer what my position now'
is. I am an old-line Democrat, and believe in the doc
trine of secession. I believe that the several States of
this Union have the right to separate from it, each
acting for itself. I believe that abuses and usurpa
tions had been practiced and threatened to so great an
extent by .their associates and partners in this govern
mental compact, that the Southern Slates were justi
fied in going out; and, sir, I further believe by their
ordinance of secession that they did go, and thereby
became to this Union foreign States. These convic
tions I cannot change, and 1 do not expect will ever be
removed; I will most assuredly proclaim them and
stand by them as long as a single citizen of the Con
federate States is in chains or subject to penalty for
asserting them. There is no political or personal
consideration w'hich would prompt me to such a de
sertion. As the right of secession is the only thing
that secures them from the charge of treason, my
voice shall ever accord with my convictions and
never join in that verdict against them. I should
consider myself as assuming a most infamous posi
tion if it did. What, sir, I that believe them right, I
that would have joined them if the sovereign State of
Maryland had said so, to desert them now in their
utmost need, when I can legitimately give them such
protection ae is in my pow’er honestly to give—never!
From what I have said, Mr. Speaker, this House
will readily infer that -I am adverse to the reconstruc
tion policy of the President. I confess that Andrew
Johnson has been, in adopting his inode of reconstruc
tion, consistent with the views of the late President,
with thoBe of the Republican party that 'elected him)
and with his own declaration from the time ho aban
doned the Democratic party and joined the Republican.
These facts do not commend him to me; but surely it
is not his lault that he is now at issue with many of
the people who raised him to his present station. In
my view the Southern seceded States have no right
to representatives on this floor or in the Senate, and
by my vote I have heretofore invariably rejected
C S»ajNT!NG,
•fitly and promptly done.
•.issleut Advertisements must be paid in 1 ever y application which has been made by auy person
! claiming such a right; and, sir, not tmly do I believe
j fhat they have no right in their present position to
send Senators and Representatives here, hut I do not
I think they have the right to furnish us with a Presi-
f dent or Vice President, Being a citizen of seceded
! and reconstructed Tennessee, Andrew Johnson is in
my opinion only President ae facto, forced upon the
| country by their votes, attended by that very effective
j implement, their bayonets. When I cannot avoid it,
! 1, like every one else, acquiesce in de facto gov
ernments and tie/ttCfo Presidents; but if it could be
| expected by auy one that 1 can cast my vote at the next
Presidential election for Andrew’ Johnson ol‘ Tennes
see for that high office, then, at least, the status of
Tennesse herself must be completely changed.
Mr. Harris proceeded to define his own views in
regard to reconstruction, expressing his confident be
lief that the Southern States are willing to enter again
into the compact, and be subject to the old Constitu
tion of the United States. It w’as not tfie Constitution
Minute of Points
.*",ireme four: at MiUedanijille., Go.,
Venn, 1860, Continued.
m.uistrator, vs. Johnson and wife. In
: innond. Harris, J.—1. The decisions of
i ether States are not binding here as
:cy are only guides so far as their reason-
t is factory.
iistrator appointed in Alabama, residing
lmn9elf, and under bond for the due
>1 his trust, cannot, upon coming into this
i* or lor purposes of business, bo called
e, in a court of equity, at the instanc
idiug here, for waste or maladminis- j they fell out with, but the perversion of it by their
Northern associates, and their persistent designs to
violate and destroy important rights which were se
cured by that instrument. Those rights have been
destroyed, and can never be a source of discord be
tween the North and the South. Slavery has
been abolished and the seceded States have ac
quiesced in it: and the negro is placed in the position
which you desired him to have when you provoked the
war. You know your proposed amendment of the
Constitution cannot be adopted if the Southern States
igment reversed,
lor plaintiff in error
: r defendants.
l Judge Lumpkin's family being related
t ’ one of the parties, he took no part in
• rmott. In equity from Fulton.
•f —1. Ignorance of fact is no cause for ;
<n tract.
1 iy *»f May, 18G5, after General John- ;
know where. We know they were not handed over to
his poor, heart-broken mother, so that she might ex
claim over his grave in a burst of agony, “Would God
I had died for thee! Oh, Absalom, my son, my son. "a
Mary Surratt was convicted, of course. She was
tried by a court-martial. Her immediate execution
wan ordered. She entreated for four days to enable
her to overcome the shock and the better to prepare
her soul to meet her God. Not an houfv thundered
forth the voice from the War Department ; on with the
gallows, the coffin and the grave; the angels of Hea-
^n shall not rejoice over this repentant sinner.
Agents of mercy sought the ear of higher authority,
and probably a more merciful heart; but Preston
King w'as janitor that day, and they were excluded.
Where is Preston King ? Echo answers—where ? She
was thus executed speedily; and notwithstanding ap
plication had been made in behalf of her heartbroken
daughter for her remains, so that she might pour
forth her sorrows, mingled with a gratitude and love
which a daughter f?els lor a beloved mother, over her
grave, these remains are still in the keeping of the
War Department. Pontiu3 Pilate delivered the body
of Jesus to Joseph of Anmathea, but a worse than
Pontius Pilate is here.
Is this a specimen of Northern civilization and
Christianity! These things were done by Northern
men, without any denunciation by the great Northern
enlightened, civihzed and Christian Republican
party. Not one word have I read or heard from
your Phillips, your Beechers, your Cheevers, your
Greeleys, or your strong-minded Massachusetts wo
men, in rebuke of these most demoralizing acts; and
as they touch upon everything which they think vi
cious,^"they probably do not disapprove of these trans
actions as coming in the way of Christian advance
ment and progress.
Let us now look at a Southern picture. John Browm
was arrested for a crime kindred to that of Booth.
He was in the most formal manner tried, being al
lowed every facility for defence, no special test oath
being urged to prevent tbo services of any advocate.
He w’as legally an*d justly convicted to be hung. Be
tween his conviction and execution ample time w’as
given him for the settlement of his worldly affairs and
for the preparation of his soul for eternity. After
execution his remains w’ere placed in a decent coffin
and then handed over to his friends that they might
observe such obsequies as they might think becom
ing. This took place among that “rude, illiterate
semi-civilized” people called Virginians, who had for
their Governor at the time eVen Henry A. Wise. Look
upon this picture and then on that. The North is
very learned, but I do not think she has any Chris
tianity or civilization to spare. What sue has she had
better retain for home consumption, and, as I hope,
for improvement. She is more learned than the
South, but wdiich is the best educated? But, sir, de
nunciation and revenge must, as was expected, have
their fling against an honorable reunion. The resent
ment of the civilized and Christian North it is at
tempted to rouse against the untortunate men of the
South by epithets unbecoming the learned man or the
patriot. They are denominated “murderers,” “red-
handed rebels,” “conscious traitors.” Those who
use these epithets must see, if they will reflect, that
they are not true. They must know that Jefferson
Davis, Roberl E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and the
thousand others w’ho engaged in the late contest
never could be answerable for the charge of murder
and conscious treason. Stonew’all Jackson rests in his
grave, and your ow*n eloquent Beecher has illustrated
liis character and rescued it from such an imputation.
Time will defend the character of Davis and Lee.
That their acts imposed upon them no consciousness
of crime I have no doubt. The parting words of Jef
ferson Davis, in the presence of the Senate, breathe
the strongest conviction of rectitude -and a desire for
peace and to avoid bloodshed.
Away, then, with these charges that these people
are murderers, red-handed rebels and conscious trai
tors. They spring only from unreflecting excitement
or from a depraved spirit of revenge, and w ith wise
and considerate statesmen and patriots should never
be allowed to interpose obstacles to the re-uuion
which all such must now' desire. Away, too, with the
expectation that the Southern people will ever de
grade themselves by freely accepting conditions from
the benefit of which you exclude their own chosen
leaders. This shall and will never be. Let the people
sweep these obstacles aside, and as we were enemies
in war, in peace let us be friends.
In reply to questions by Mr. Leblond, Mr. Harris
having stated that the South had the right, by virtue
of the Federal compact, to go out of the Union in spite
of the Constitution, Mr. Leblond charged that he (Mr.
Harris) and Mr. Stevens occupied the same position
on the question of secession. Mr. Moulton denied
that Mr. Stevens held this doctrine; and Mr. Ray
mond obtaining the floor, the further consideration of
the subject was postponed till the following day:
SANTA ANNA.
Stirring Address to tbe Mexican People.
the forces
■iTid before that event became known in
1 tt sold and conveyed to Abbott certain
t city, receiving from him the agreed
iy notes' of the Confederate States,
l eing alike ignorant of the surrender.
•aine valueless very soon after news
1< r was received: held that a Court of
t rescind the contract and cancel the
-:ance of Dermott, the vendor. Judg-
nd territory under shall vote against it, and I think you must believe that
■ Barnett & Bleckley for plaintiff in error.
i pe for defendant.
v Co. vs. O’Dowd. Assumpsit from
1 Under the Ordinance of the Con-
*ry. ip. adjusting the equities of the par
ed to reduce Confederate money toits
fiie ordinance wisely gives the jury a
can discover no distinct legal reason
• he verdict in this case. Judgment
•- r I -aiiitiff in error.
• i f r defendant.
dances on the Hudson River Rail
road.
fight—octbaoe and robberies.
-2El£i -ie, x. y # , June 14.—Information re-
that three car loads of Fenians and
fight on the milk train on the
y ' r Hail road last night, having previously
i *’i’he milk cans on the train, and other
: i themselves in a shameful manner.
;;'^t-kill Station and Germantown, fighting
4“-' ' and one of the number, having exaa-
' mrades, was thrown from the car win-
:rfc tra ’-ff was in motion. The train did not
- the
:U P .
ffians entered a hotel, helping them-
; ;- v ar ‘d paying for nothing.
“.'V- one of the party was put off the train
Una terrible manner, his entrails hanging
r. having been received at this sration
:. the train .was not allowed to enter
. the night express up had left, giving
rs ,"i t j, e restaurant an opportunity to
^ ~a:n passed through this station nearly
-Sau- were asleep, and quiet seemed to pre-
tress in the Cotton Regions of
■Mississippi aND Arkansas.—The follow-
'in a letter of a prominent cotton factor
s to a friend in this city, of date June
- hiui y depicts the lamentable condition of
the fairest and most prosperous region
• v ^ tor cro P 8 are becoming more and
y • wi. very day. The immense overflows of
and Red Rivers have caused dis-
/- * :va ble. To a great extent the cotton
j- cutfiles*; of late constant heavy rains
•• ‘--mis, added to the difficulty of getting the
• * work, umnistakeably point to a very
' H crop.
v er is under water. The brevasses at
Point Coupee and Baton Rouge have
.. ' r nine ol the best parishes in South
U'< overflow/* the Mississippi in Mis-
^ Arkansas has destroyed the crop over an
\ n -. Add to these disasters the fact that
i » V*’ formerly in cultivation, is not
ss “ and y° u ran readily imagine that our
w *°omy in the extreme.
*■ I* ^ JU the country is very great. Many
raisi d money in the city to make a
a!, - v ruined. The city of New Orleans,
people,) is sending up provisions to
knows what will be the end.”
^ ,>r fci-isHEr* rN Hartford, Conn.—The
| lit gives the following as the receipts of
pnhjiphers in that city for sales of works re-
0 the >,\- ar . .
■ 5"’' nr. 1st and 2d volume $082,600
“Utory, 1st volume 650,000
330,000
440,000
t- JC' ,U au d Escape 266,500
a- .* ir ‘ Siicesaia 106,000
Ue «l< in Priaona 110,000
^tobtr (,t
. ...,$2,684,000
"ilumea issued was eight hundred
■ thousand.
„ r , en company has begun the manufac-
- ot 8t °ne for building purposes. It
“p,'. Pillverlscd quart* and silicite of soda,
ot til,..- 1 . 11 twenty-four hours from the eon-
Pntty to the solidity of stone.
it w ill never receive their assent. You can never
hope for such a result, and they would be slaves
should they aid in bringing it about. They will re
ject with scorn the terms of your proposed amnesty,
and will await awhile the calm and considerate action
of the people of this country to aid them in again
honorably becoming members of this Union. What
is to be gained, under the circumstances, by keeping
those out whom you are unwilling to come in ? You
will certainly not try to humbug your constituents by
pretending to auy tear of physical strength of the
South. The Confederacy has not under its control a
single cannon, a single musket, or a single round of
ammunition.
You are bent on schemes which seems to contain
nothing but the elements of mischief and revenge,
leading to a continued and indefinite separation of the
Union,and aiming at the degradation of the w r hite peo
ple of the South. This last you will not, and I say it
in the name of the American people, you shall not ac
complish.
But there is something in the spirit ol the Southern
people which will thwart your designs. If they have
lowered the standard of their Confederacy, they have
not lowered the standard of their pride—a becoming
pride m the estimation of an honorable enemy. The
Southerner has all around him, w ithout speaking of
the merits of the late contest, tokens of the endur
ance, courage and prowess of his people. Sad spec
tacle though it be, it will not diminish his tone that
he can on his own soil walk over the graves of nearly
three hundred thousand of his courageous enemies,
and,
“Standing on the Yankee grave,
He will not deem himself a slave.”
Mr. Speaker, all the efforts made here or elsewhere
to elevate the negro to an equality with the white man
in the Southern States, either civilly, socially or po
litically, are perfectly idle. The negro must be kept
in subordination to the white man, no matter how
eloquently you may deck off the theory of equality. In
my opinion, there is, as it were, a declaration of war
between the races. It is true actual hostilities are sus
pended, and the negro is under parole to keep the
peace, but when and where they approximate to any
thing like equality in numbers the sword of power
must be held over them. There are two many dear
and cherished feelings and interests of thewhite race
involved to relax that power for a single day. The
negro must know it exists, and if necessary he must
feel it. I say this with the kindest leelings and sym
pathy for the negro race. Full equality of rights will
never exist between races so dissimilar that cannot
socially amalgamate, especially when they live together
in large numbers. When amalgamation takes place—
when the white woman shall bring forth negro off
spring without a blush, and the white grandaire shall
affectionately pat his nappy-headed grandson, then
eqality may be said to exist between the races. You
may then with safety grant equal rights of all kinds,
aud possibly prepare for the millennium. Why, then,
interpose such obstacles to a reunion ?
Bnt these are not all the difficulties interposed;
some favor an almost indefinite postponement, urging
with zeal the South is too ignorant, too uncivilized to
be trusted with any share in this Republican Govern
ment. Northern education and c»vihzation must and
should be more extensively spread among them be
fore their admission to representation will cease to be
dangerous. The honorable member from Minnesota
(Mr. Donnelly) takes the lead in that position. In a
speech delivered some time since he declared, “The
great bulk of the people of the South are rude, illite
rate, semi-civilized. Their condition in this respect
would be shameful to any seroi*civilizod people, and
is such as to render a Republican Government, resting
on the intelligent judgment of the people, an impos
sibility.” But let ns criticise somewhat further this
Phariseeism, this claimed and boasted superiority of
tho North over the South in “enlightenment and
Christianity.” Education is certainly widely diffused
over tlie North. Her people are greatly enlightened,
but they set a great many false lights. Whence sprung
all these isms, even in this nineteenth century, and
within the age of the great reformer from Mineesota?
I think the enlightened and Christian North is enti
tled to credit for them all—Mormonism. Millerism,
Spiritualism, Freelovcism, and worst of all (if it
should spread beyond Massachusetts) Strongminded-
womanism, have all sprung aud spread over that
highly civilized and Christian region. The poor,
ignorant, uneducated South was incapable of produc
ing such evidences of advancement and progress.
But let us continue the contrast a little further.
Booth, the assassin, was not caught, but bravely shot
by a company of soldiers. He was brought to this city
dead, in order that the reward for his arrest might be
secured by proving his identity. After that his entrails
were torn out and thrown to the hogs; his head adorns
some phrenological museum; bis heart is preserved
in spirits; his spinal column can be seen, which will
display to the learned how much he must have suffer-
Wc give below the essential portions of an address
from General Santa Anna, whose recent arrival in this
country aud visit to Washington have been noticed.
He appeals to the Mexican people to reconcile their
differences, and accept his leadership in establishing
a republic:
On casting a glance over the blood-stained plains of
Mexico, it is a consoling thought that all our misfor
tunes have been useful for the present aud fruitful in
lessons for the future. Those misfortunes have de
veloped and strengthened the national sentiment;
and from the midst of tlie nation’s rains we have be
gun to build up a new and a moral country, under the
impulse of our common participation in misfortune.
There were Mexicans, it is true, but no nation. Now
all our domestic hatreds have been concentrated into
one common cry lor veugeauce on the invaders of the
sacred soil left to us by our fathers. Yes, the nation
does exist in the hearts of Mexicans, and great are the
lessons which we have gathered from the field of er
rors aud experience to guide us iu forming the rule of
our future conduct. Though having followed different
routes we meet to-day at the same point, tired, it is
true, but not overcome by our constant fighting. Let
us embrace one another at this critical moment of our
existence; let us work in concert for our common
cause, as wc did in the glorious days when we broke
to pieces the chains of the conquest; let the nation
rise as one man, and the sceptre as well as the crown
of Maximilian will fall and be buried iu the depths of
the seas.
Santa Anna endeavors to show that his political
course has been consistent and patriotic. Referring
to his visit to Vera Cruz soon after the landing of the
French troops, he says: '
General Bazaine rudely drove me from the Mexican
territory, aud I was obliged to re-embark shortly after
mj' arrival. I am rather glad that the outrage was
committed, because it may have saved me from making
certain compromises which circumstances might have
imposed upon me, and because it opened my eyes re
garding the intentions of the interventionists. Hav
ing been absent from Mexico since 1855, other agents
took upon themselves to represent and direct public
opinion, entirely free from my influence. It was
others who were the guides of the allied invasion, who
negotiated with the Archduke, aud who finally escorted
him to the capital. My antagonists say that I went
there in search of an elevated position near the Arch
duke. The truth is that I went thither in order to
look after the interests and liberties of my compa
triots, aud not to separate myself from the interests of
the people.
I have thus in no manner compromised myself with
the Empire. I belong entirely to the Republic, and,
in presence of the danger that menaces our country,
the names of all parties disappear from my sight. I
am not a Conservative, nor am I a Liberal. I am a
Mexican.
It becomes me now to set forth the conduct which I
have followed iu my last administration, and that
which has governed me since. * * *
A badinage covers the eyes of our people and my
own. We have jointly erred and suffered, and we have
now warning aud experience. I anf not egotistic, and
I desire to take part in repairing our error.
Where is the Mexican who can refuse my services
without incurring the opprobrium of history, or deny
me the right to fight, and die if necessary, in the de
fence of our desolate hearths ? If it is desired to
achieve a solid and enduring peace is it right or just
to turn the back upon an old soldier of the nation who
only asks his couutr3*wen for a spot of ground where
he can stand and fight against the usurpers of our
rights ? Who is there that has sufficient authority to
say to me: “Stand back! you are a Mexican, but voif
cannot be allowed to draw your sword, as of yore, in
defence of* the country which gave you birth, and of
the republic which you yourself “founded?” Upon
what principle, whether liberal or conservative, could
such injustice be upheld ? Ill the great struggle of our
country no element, however insignificant it may ap
pear, that can be used to the advantage of the nation,
can be considered useless. Further I perceive, in
view of the facts already stated, and of the events that
that have taken place in our country during the last
five years, that the general tendency of the people is
in favor of a republic, and that a monarchy is an im
possibility in Mexico. In Spanish America the throne
is the forerunner of the scaffold. Party sentiments
must not be made the criterion of the coursa»of con
temporary actors. It rests with history to give an im
partial version, and I am certain that history will do
me justice.
Stand together, my countrymen! Let U3 consign
all such recriiniminaton to oblivion, for they are det
rimental to our country. I have given an explanation
of my public acts, and in like manner I am ready to
give any guarantees for my sincerity that may be re
quired. Do* not forget that domestic dissension,
when the soil of our country is being profaned by
foreign invaders, is equivalent to desertion in the
face of the enemy, and that, although there is no mil
itary law whereby it can be punished, yet we must
pass through the ordeal of an inflexible and avenging
posterity, which will reward duly self-denial, patriot
ism, and true magnanimity.
Juarez is a true patriot, and Ortega is a worthy son
of Mexico. Why are they not united ? Why augment
through their disunion, the afflictions of our fellow-
citizens ? I hope yet to see them friends. It is not
for me to say who has a right to the Presidency, nor
on whose side is the law; my object is to avenge the
affront offered to our country,, by driving far from her
midst the implacable tyrants that impress her. Let
all dissensions among our compatriots cease, and let
all hatred bo reserved for the foreign domination that
covers us now with ignominy and shame. Juazez
and Ortega should put an end to their resentments by
a cordial embrace. Long and strenuously have the
defenders of the republic struggled in Mexico. Not
withstanding such great heroism,so firm a consistency,
and so much sacrifice, the work is to-day no further
advanced than it was in tlie beginning.
By reason of my antecedents, of my position in the
conservative party, and even of my long absence from
the country, I believe myself to be the one called
upon to reconcile all minds, setting the example of
submission to the constitutional government, as I
now sincerely do. Thus I perform patriotic duty, I
obey the impulses of my own heart, and I satisfy the
desires of hundreds of Mexicans who have called me
to action. It will not surprise me to find my conduct
misconstrued-and base intentions attributed to me,
inspired by egotism. I expect that already; I am
prepared for au. But, I shall neevertheless feel for
my country at the sight presented by some of my fel
low-citizens rejecting all associations with me in these
solemn momenta of our country’s life. I shall have
fears lest our past experience and the warnings which
take note that I will never cowardly abandon the
cause of the republic. Should my hopes be frustra
ted by unexpected events, or through the influence
of bad passions, I shall have fulfilled my duty, wheth
er others have done theirs more faithfully than 1 have.
My heart is young enough and my arm is strong
enough to take part in the glorious struggle which is
destined to achieve the second independence of Mex
ico. I fe :1 that this is in accordance with my ante
cedents, my position, my years, and the gloijy which
I desire for my name. I do not wish to give up the
sole ambition that impels and rules me—namely, to
drive our oppressors beyond the ocean, to re-establish
the republic and then withdraw to private life once
more. No throne on earth could tempt me from that
retirement, and I solemnly declare that on that day of
•victory I will demand no other reward.
Let us advance and unite the standards of our coun
try which have been torn by the hands of the usurp
ers. Let ns set again on its sacred pedestal the st atue
of liberty, thrown down by the invaders. Let us give
no rett to the tyrant who oppresses us. He has
changed our vast plains into terrible deserts, where
the bones of our brethren, immolated on the altar of
duty or victims to the hired assassins of an empire,
lie bleaching. He ruins the nation’s exchequer and
makes monetary contracts abroad that are unwarrant
able, believiug that it will be easy for him to throw
their weight upon the shoulders of our martyred peo
ple. The Austrian prince has spread a vail of mourn
ing over the glory of our annals, and in place of the
prosperity which he promised he has loaded us with
misfortune and covered us with contempt and igno
miny. Thousands of widows and orphans cry out for
vengeance. Let us avenge them, compatriots! Union
and fraternity be among us until we ascomplish this!
It is now time, Mexicans, to forget forever our past
contentions aud to make a strenuous effort, at once
terrible and simultaneous, against our common enemy.
The tremendous onslaughts of our indomitable sol
diers will bring the reveille of liberty, joy to the
hearts of mothers and rejoicing to our country.
Heaven grant that the contentment which I foreshad
owed be not disturbed by new fratricidal dissensions!
Union shall be my watchword before the fight. Union
again after our victory.
God alone is infallible, and it would be a monstrous
presumption on my part were I to set myself up as
free from error during my long public career; but,
with my hand on my heart, I can say that never has
my will been an accomplice in my faults, but rather
the impotence of human nature to accomplish good in
the absolute.
Trust to the sincerity of my words and intentions.
I cannot, I should not, nor will I close the book of my
life with falsehood. I only seek for my tomb a new
laurel tree, whose shadow shall cover it iu the midst
of peace.
Let us hasten the hour of our nation’s triumph.
Confide in my words, and be ready.
Down with the Empire! Long live the Republic.
A. L. Santa Anna.
Elizabetosort, N. j., June 5. 1866.
Hotels.
ST. CHARLES SALOON,
B Y A. STAMM, Bay Lain-, rear of Poet Office.—
The best Liquors. Aloe, Wines Segarg, Ac.,
adway. on band, including a choice article of SELT-
ER's WATER, directly imported from Ileraagthum,
Nassau, and the l>cst of Rhine Wines.
LUNCH every day at 11 o'clock. ml*-ly
THE VERANDA HOUSE,
A T WITTTR I LUFF. will be open on and after
Monday, the 9t!t iusl., for the accommodation
of Boarders, transient or permanent.
Tbe subscriber, from his long experience in the
bnelaese, can safely guarantee the commi t of those
who may jrire him a call-
my26-tf MOSES M. BBUSARIO.
LIVE OAK GLOB HOUSE,
No. 32 GKOKUK STREET,
Charleston, South Carolina,
Is now open for the arrommod.n ion of transient au
permanent guests.
Choicest Liquors, Whips, Airs and Sircars
ar.WATS OH 11 ANII.
Terra*
ailtf
62 per Day.
PETEK JUNKS, Fioplictor.
Insurance.
SOUTHERN
BRANCH OFFICE
KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
Of New York City,
No. 89 i5ay Street
CHARLESTON HOTEL,
Our Washington Correspondence.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
Washington, June 15th, 1866.
It is a singular fact that on the recent vote in the
House ou the Reconstruction amendment to the Con
stitution, not a single member of the Republican party
voted in the negative. It looks very much like the
President will be left almost alone in the party which
elected him. The fact that the President was unable
to control a single vote in the House is an alarming
symptom, as showing the way the current of public
opinion is running North with the Republican
ranks.
The impression among well informed persons is that
Mr. Seward’s power is undermined in the Republican
party. He rose by pandering to the fanatical preju
dice of the North, and he falls by trying to play the
role of conservative. It is very evident that he is on
his last legs. Tkere is no place for him in politics;
the Republicans repudiate him and the Democrats
refuse to accept him.
I have heard a good deal of discussion lately as to
the wisdom of the President’s course. Some say he
should have determined how far it was necessary for
the South to go, in order to satisfy the North, and he
should have required this to have been done; that it
he had pursued this policy he would have carried his
policy through, and been master of the situation. As
an illustration, it was said the President should have
insisted ou the Southern States giving the negroes
perfect legal equality, and the election to office of the
most conservative men; that instead of this policy
the President acquiesced in the establishment of a
negro code in South Carolina and the election of men
identified with the most extreme devotion to seces
sion. It is contended that if the President had com
prehended as he ought to have done the spirit of his
own party, and acted upon that knowledge, that he I
might have brought the South through. It is not
every public man who can comprehend the philoso
phy of his times. The President, it is said, is a very
adroit politician, but no philosopher. At any i-nte, tin- *
effort to organize a conservative party within the Re- [
publican lines seems to have been quite a failure, and j
the future does not look auy ways encouraging in this I
regard.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
rpnis popalai and well known Hotel, situated in the
A business portion of tlie city, has beeu newly fur
nished throughout by the present proprietor, who has
beensixteeu years connected with the establishment.
M26-tl W WHITE, Proprietor.
Port Royal House,
HILTON HEAD, S. C.
RIDDELL A
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Miscellaneous.
GEORGIA STATE DIRECTORY
JT’or 18GG and 1867.
BY CAPT. JOHN C. BRAIN, OF
SAVANNAH, GA.
T HIS valuable work of reference will be published
on or about tlie 1st day of Jniy next. It will
embrace the exact location of every business and
professional man in the S ale of Georgia, as well as
the private residences In all the cities, and will be the
most extensive and complete directory ever pub
lished. No business man should be without it, and
none should fail to advertise in It, as it is donblless a
splendid medium through which to communicate
with substantial classes throughout the country.
In the City of New York alone the publisher baa
nearly five hundred subscribers, and that list is daily
on the increase. The price of subscription is within
the reach o‘ every business man, however limited his
means. The advertising terms are likewise reason
able.
Capt. Brain and his General. Agent, J. Orrie Lea,
of Charleston, may lie conferred with at Estill’s News
Depot, rear of Tost. Office, each day for the next
week, after the hour of one P. M. mySO-lm.
4SS£
mill*
IN EXISTENCE.
The debate in the Senate yesterday on the resolu
tion to appropriate funds for the Paris exhibition, i
shows that there is an intense feeling against the
French domination in Mexico. There is something
that does not meet the public eye in Mr. Seward’s re
lations with Louis Napoleon. There is no doubt but
what, when under the pressure of civil war, we
made promises to the French Emperor, which some
what hamper him now. If it were not for this the
administration would take even a more decided at
titude than it has in regard to Mexico.
The Radicals lose no opportunity of inflaming the
prejudices of the Northern people against the South.
As an illustration there is a fair going on here now for
the benefit of the orphans of the Federal soldiers, and
a portion of the objects for exhibition are memorials
of the Andersonville prison.
Mr. Harris’ speech yesterday in the House was a
very remarkable one. He denounced the treatmen 1
of Booth and Mrs. Surratt, aud insisted on the right
of secession. It is nSt easy however to see what good
such speeches can do at this moment.
A singular proposition was introduced in the House
yesterday, to establish a National Bureau of Insu
rance. The idea is that the business of insurance
like banking, should bo made a national affair. It is
said iu that way persons who insure will be more cer
tain to get paid, when they meet with losses. If the
Government advances much further on this line,
every great monetary interest will be nationalized.
This is urged by some as the best means of consolida
ting the Union.
A very extensive system of inquiry is going on as
to the promise of the growing crop of cotton. The
advices received from the cotton region represent that
there will not at the outside be over a million of bales
made.
Suit has been instituted against the stockholders
of tlie exploded National Bank of this city, to make
them pay up as far as the charter authorizes, and
the bill reported to the House yesterday makes new
and stringent provisions to secure these National
Bunks from future explosions.
The wool growers are preparing for higher duties
on wool. Aud in various Radical journals the cry is
loud for additional protection. Where is thiB busi
ness of protection to end? In the mean time it is to
be hoped tbe South will go to manufacturing, and get
all-the good they can from the tariff.
JUDSON’S'
DEAD SHOT WORM CANDY
MOTUffiRS, t ake: HEED.’
Thousands of children perish annually from one
cause, and that is werms Wily will you neglect the
first symptoms of these pests of humanity, and wait
until it is too late before you administer the remedy ?
JUDSON’S WORM CANDY is the only purely vege
table remedy in existence. If there are no worms,
it only acts as a gentle purgative, aDd cannot harm
an infant. If worms exist, it kills tncm. Every
family should have a package of JUDSON’S WORM
CANDY.
SAVAIVJVAH. GA.
Policies Issued and Losses Paid
Insurance.
ORBAT
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
Life and Accident f ;
INSURANCE COMPANY
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ew Orleans-
Capital,
$300,000
si
6EN. JAMES LOMBSfREET.Preiilml-
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TAKE
RISKN
86?s
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Terms.
WILLIAM C. COSENS, Agent,
At Marine Bank. a
THE OGLETHORPE
AT THIS OFFICE.
CREDITS
Given to holders of Mutual Policies of
50 PER CENT.,
if desired, when the premium amouuts to
$50 or more, aud is paid annually.
DIVIDENDS
made to holders of Mutual Policies as follows-.
PAID IN CASH,
APPLY ON PREMIUM NOTES, or
ADDED TO THE POLICY.
Tlie latter or REVERSIONARY DIVI
DENDS declared by this Company in 1865
were irom FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN
DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT., ac
cording to age.
Ten Year, Non-Forfeiture
ENDOWMENT,
Life Policie
s
Issued by this Company.
it.
TUR
com
«age,
Insurance Comp’y
OF SAVANNAH
Are prepared to take
Fire Risks on Reasonable
At their Office, 111 Bay Street.
O. W. MERCER, Presii
J. T. Thomas, Sec.
H. W. Mercer
C. S. Hardee
WllHam Hunter
A. S. Hartridge
A. Porter
R. Morgan
J. Stoddard
J. T. Thomas
W. Remshart
F. L. One
II. A. Crane
A. A. Solomons
M. Hamilton
W. W. Gordon
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Directors:
M. 8. Cohen
J. Lama
J. W. Nevitt
D G. Purse
A. Fullarton
J. McMahon
L. J. Gallmartln
F. W. Sims
G. Butler
R. Lachllson
E. P. Claton, Augusta
J. W. Knott, Macon
B. F. Ross, Macon
W. H. Young, Columbus
>»day,
Rean-
mts.
INSURE
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ACCIDENTS,
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Pioneer Company
Braai
111 dia-
OF THE SOUTH.
No Extra Charge for Southern Residence
»,
th,
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rsv sole Agent for Savannah, C. M. HILSMAN.
B. L. JUDSON & CO., Prop’rs,
New yorlt.
Call on Mr. Hilsman, and get our Almniar, gratia.
myl8-lm
Emigrants Can be Supplied
WITHIN TEN DAYS.
T HE undersigned are prepared to supply Planters
and other parties who ma.y beiu want ol WHITE
[COMMUNICATED. ]
Observance of the Sabbath.
To the City Council: Gentlemen—Your attention
ed by the near approach of tbe ballet to the I we have received prove of noavaili" producing union,
spinal marrow; the balance of his remains are de- ( Those who so oppose me will have given an eloquent
posited, God and our Northern Secretary of War only explanation of onf past misfortunes; bat 1st them
is respectfully called to the fiict that you were elected
to office by a community who hold the fear of God and
respect for his holy ordinances as our highest and
most solemn obligation. There is no commandment
more strictly enjoined upon us than that we should
“Remember tho Sabbath Day to keep it holy." By
your officiul sanction, places of business and profit are
now kept open conducive to a disregard of a proper
observation of tbe Sabbath. Not upon you alone, but
upon us all before Go^ rests tbe shame of tbis official
irreligion.
Has auy minister of the Gospel advised you that
there is do wrong in these things ? Or have you
learned your Sunday creed from those who make
God’s holy day a day of feasting and worldly plea
sure?
Three of your number we are proud to see hav«
not hesitated to protest against tbiSAifficial endorse
ment of a violation of the Sabbath. How stand the
rest ? From whence came your Sunday creed ? Not
from tho Rook of God, not from the Ten Command
ments, not from tbe ministers of grace, to whose
teachings you are supikwed to listen! From whom
and from whence do you derive the moral inspiration
of your Sunday creed ? We, whose Government has
been converted into a wilful endorser of Sabbath
breakers, we have a right to an explanation, and we
demand it of you. You have no right to stain our
public records with official violation" of God’s Holy
LABORERS, and tiave nimle necessary arrange
ments in the North to fid any orders for agriculture
Laborers, Woodcu”-rs, Mechanics, etc., within TeD
or Twelve days fromt he day the order Is given here.
The Laborers are to .,e received by tfie Employers
on arrival of the steamer here, and transported to
the points where thev are wanted at Employers’
expense, and the Employers have further to pay a
certain sum per head in advance, partly as security
and partly for covering the expenses in bringing the
Emigrants from the North to, this port.
The rate at which Farming Laborers can be se
cured will average about $t»o per year, the Employ
ers finding them.
For further particulars apply to
WM. MORYILLE ft CO.,
Jones’ Block, Bay street,
One door East of Barnard street,
Savannah, Ga.
references: ;
Jackson ft Lawton, -avannah.
John W. Anderson * Son. Savannah.
Solomon Cohen, Savannah.
Jno. C, Fen-ill, Savannah.
Nicholls, Camp if- Co., Savannah
Geo. A. Cuylcr, Savannah.
W. R. Fleming, savannah.
John Screven, Savannah.
Brigham, Baldwin <f Co., Savauuah
Savannah National Bank. Savannah.
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THOS. W. BROOK8
MANUFACTURER OF
FURNITURE AND GENERAL
UPHOLSTERY.
121 Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
N. B.— All ORDERS sent by Mall promptly at
ended to fySI-tt
THE undersigned having been appointed sole agents
* for the city for the above well known and an-
perlor Ale, (warranted to stand in any climate), are
now prepared to anpply tbe same in packages to enit
purchasers. ,, ^
12-3 mo CUNNINGHAM. PURSE ft CO.
Day. You have no right to adop
ferent from that imposed by the
the Universe.
Gunpowder Marks.—Dr. Dat
her of the London lancet, fi
the following treatment moat
•corAed surface with glycerhM
then apply ootton wadding; hi
In one case the dlscolocatiow WM
Rent looking more like a mommy .
It entirely au balded in a month
ment.
GREAT SOUTHERN
PAPER WARRME
Depot forPrinters’Snpplies
210 Bay Street, Sayamali 6a.
P LATNER A BOSWORTH keep constantlyon hand
a huge stock of Ledger, Writing and Wrapping
Papers, of all sizes and weights; also, Binders’ Bauds,
Card Boards, Printers’ Cerda, Envelopes, Twines and
Printing Inks.
Having had long experience in the buainess, and
buying our goods in lai%e lots direct from the manu
facturers enables ns to compete with New Tort
prices.
Agents for Wade's celebrated Printing Inks; Agents
in this City tor the Bath Paper Mills.
Tha highest cash prices paid for all kinds of paper
took.
Directors:
Henry Bbiqhah, President Merchants’ National
Bank.
Colonel Wm. S. Rockwell.
H. A- Crane, of Crane ft Graybill.
John D. Hopkins.
A. A. Solomons, of A. A. Solomons A Co.
E. A. Soullard.
E. J. Moses, of Brady, Smith A Co.
Fred. M. Hull, of Holcombe A Co.
M. A. Cohen, Secretary Home Insurance Co.
A. WILBUR, General Manager
WM. R. BOYD, Agent.
Dr. E> YON OK, Examining Physician.
Or. R. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Phyafc’n.
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE.
LEXINGTON, VA.
T HE BOARD OF VISITORS will meet at the Vir
ginia Military Institute on tlie 27th of June, to
make appointments of Cadets. Applications for State
and pay Cadet appointments will be made to the un-
dersfgned, accompanied with the usual testimonials
of good moral character.
Candidates for appointment mnst be exempt from
Bbdily disease, of ages between 16 and 25 years, and
in the ease of Slate Cadet applicants, must satisfy
the Board of their inability to meet tbe expenses ol
the Institution.
Candidates for admission mnst be able to read and
write well, and to perform with fficiliiy and accuracy
(he vai Ion* operations of the four ground rules of
arithmetic, of reduction, of simple and comround
proportion, and of vulgar and decimal fractions.
State Cadets (one for each Senatorial District) will
be supplied with board and tuition without charge.
Every arrangement has been made by the Board
of Visitor! to maintain tbe high scientific character
of the Institute, and to put In full operation its we!l
tried and distinctive system of discipline and Instruc
tion.
The grmdnatln# 1 exercises of the institution will
take placeat.thelnstitate on tbe 4th of July. The
examinations will commence on tbe 27th of Jane,
and bs con tinned daily until completed. The public
are respectfully Invited to all of these exercises.
Fur all farther information, application will be
made to the Superintendent.
FRANCIS H. SMITH,
Superintendent
Augusta Constitutionalist please insert six times,
and tend bill to this office. may234St r
THE SOUTHERN
Accident Insnranee Co.,
follow-
tjniva-
.. $80
. *150
.. 170
.. 130
£. 200
LnCHSURO, VA.
ng: in-
Authorized Capital, $1,000,000
u,
lock.
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INSURES AGAINST
SON-
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ALL ACCIDENTS,
Giving the holder of an Annual Policy the
full amount insured in caae of death, and
compensation each week, if disabled, for a
period
NOT EXCEEDING TWENTY-SIX WEEKS.
Broad
IORN
SHORT TIME POLICIES.
(93,000 FOR TEN CENTS 1)
a day
UN,
Travellers’ Tickets, from, one to thirty
days, may be bad at tbe Railroad Ticket
Offices, Steamship Agencies, and at the
Office of the General Agent.
The Stock of this Company la exclusively
in Southern bands, and represented by a
Directory widely and favorably known.
We, therefore, appeal with confidence to tbe
good will and patronage of the Southern
public.
a co-
minis-
d title
ID.
2-tf.
J. W. STEELE,
(Late Steele ft Borbank.) .
11 Merchants’ Row, Hilton Head,So. Ci
And corner JOng and George AM., Charleston,
f’tALLB the attention of Wholesale and Retail
V 1 dnaaei to hla aeperioi atoeh of
Military and Naval Clothing,
FURNISHING GOODS,
WatcheajEfojfta.Faoay Goods, ‘jwglxaaad Plated
Ware, Sworftfo Sashe*. Beto, EBflMdarieg, Boots
Capa, Fie’d GImmb, Gauntlet* Gtcvee, Ac. **c.
Grain Cradles,
CRASS SCYTHES,
« and other I
Claret Wine.
and other Farming Toole, by
BOUSE ft BRYANT,
mrO-lm 1*4
I CASES Flin OLilET WIMR tor Sal# by
lii k**S BHH.I *XL*3
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ttSqft w mgmni
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oitiohh*.
ghth.
i of
presidAht and treasurer,
COL. MAURICE S. LANGHORNE.
vine presidents,
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, of Georgia
GEN. HARRY T. HAYS of Louisiana
GEN. JOHN B. GORDON,
Chief Agent at Atlanta. Ga.,
Agent for the State.
gned
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O. C. MYERS,
General Agent,
SAVANNAH, 8A.
Rockland Lime,
%
the
un.
FRANCIS COBM MANDFACTURS.
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