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Savannah, Ga.
A McMitgc from tho Presi
dent.
The President on Monday sent to
the Seuate the following message,
which was rend in petrel session, Lid on
the table and ordered to bo printed :
7b (he 8tnr.it uf tk I'nited Statu :
I hare received n f opy of tbe isolation adopt'
e<l l>r the Senate on th«.21at iur-taut, as foll'iw*.
--Wiikukas. Tlie Senate has received and con
sidered the «i>mmunicatU>n of U»e I’vWiUmH,
luting that he had removed Edwin M. Bunion
a* Secretory of War, mid bud tfoilgimlett the Ad
inUiit Geucral of the army te act as Secretory «>l
•Var <r.l mi mm t thowfore,
HnoUod Ay d* Saiatt if iht Cni'oi Stale*. That
a, laws of tht‘ United
power to remove the
-tary of War and designate auy oilier officer
1 "otrnipUtr r Mteig the "nnh IhU aprinq to n*- j,, r orm th* 1 duties of tint ofllee ml interim." 1
ph'iiieh their «lork. can do a* well at this ton** This meh Unn i« oonliacil to tin* pmvor of the
M.nj.hmiotv A*. They -rr., u,., I.Tr-Mmt lq A morMh. SwnUry of W
THE CUTHBERT APPEAL
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
. m iDTUTUUHtl.
Rtolea—George llooilry.
llrtnoved — l>r. W. It. Tackett
Kamtotph SherfTa Sale*.
Schley Fheritf# Sales.
Quitman SboritTn Halt*.
An Oidliunoe-^VV. t>. Klddoo, Mayor. •
Bailiff** Sale-. ■'
rity'Maiahsr* Sale.
T<> Naanuvn akp Pi#ant***.—W* would call
«.ii> Uln».n lo lb. •ItTrtWm.-nl «TJ. B H-w unin tfci C.B.IJtlltloo
i -on*,>r >■»«>. y<ntaa*»lndo out| Ejjllf
. (am In tte toad.. nnd nN.iJ, Ju » U»t UnJ j Jj'SUJJfjS!
aay. This house is BuoraMy known to the plan
ter* of South weat (2a., and need* no recouitnen-
dallno at our hand*.
J. II. Rom A Son are emphatically tbe far
mer 1 V friend*.
tf- W« nru re«|nested to Ante that J. M
and ti
(Ueer to |ierfr>im the UitlL* of
. and by Its |*t-itinlile is niaih
•Iprcsaly apulicalil - to the removal of Mr. Stan
ton ami tlie acaiRiiaSion to aot ad interim ot the
Adjutant (tooeml of (he army. Wllhont, there-
fare. atu ni|itlnp to dlacuni the gMeftlt power of
tvuioval aa to all ..iBeen* upon u bii ii aiiLj. cl uo
eiprrfdoii of opinion is cmiUlued lu lbs reaolu-
llnn. I *hsll confine tnv«*lf to the qtliwllnn
thus limited, the power to remove the Secretary
Iirook* has been appolnied agent for tlie Journal «< * *r “•"» drainiiaW any officer to yeffoi
1 IlMupr .ml Bnrk.'. W«kly fe IU. .ml **•.>!»«*.-,*«.. A. u On .q««-
adjoiuiax eountlm. We commend him and the
papers he n-pnnrnts to tbe public.
He is alao authorised to receive subscription*
to the Arras 1..
tiou of power under the Conatitulion, i do not
propnie at present to enter upon it* dloctnwtnn.
The iinifnrin practice from Uie We^luninK »f th«
Government, as eetablislied by every President
blio Inn*exercised the office, and the decisions of
tlie Supreme Court ot tbe United Htoh-e, has set
tled theque-Liou in favor of the power of tbe
Pr.-Men» to remove nil officers excepting a class
holding appointments of a judicial character. No
practice, nr anv decision, has ever excepted n
Secretary of War Irom this general power ol the
President to make removals from office. It is
only nrcemarv then, that I should refer to th*
power of the Executive under the law* of the
United State*, to remove from office a Secretary
of War. The naulalien denies that uuder the.w
law* this power has any existence. In other
words, it *fflrm* that uo aueh authority I* recog
nized nr given to the iitatttirs of the dMintry.
What then are the laws of the United Slates which
•leiyr the l’residcnl the power to retuarc that offi
cer * 1 know hut two laws that bear upon tliM
•lucstlon. 1 he Itrsl in order ot time I* the ad
of Auguet 7, ITlffi. cn-aliiig the Department nt
War which, after prov iding for a Secretary asitn
municipal officer, proceed* as follows :
81:1 L 2. 8mi U U further mortal. That there
shall be in the s»hl D-part tiwit an inferior offiryr
to lie appoint'd by tlie said principal officer, to
lie employs 1 therein as he shall dwiu propel, and
to Ire called chief clerk in the !»• 1111 iruent of
. .... _ ... . War, and who. w lien.ver the ssid in iii<ii*|
.Unhudly inherited from iuy father who | shall I* root. tved Irom office by the l’r.*!denl|
with it. I most cheerfully five yon my aeknowl. j „f t |« 0 United Slate*, or In any other cam*
edgmeut lor my good hea'lh today.
th*t y*u may lw able to reach all who are enfler-j
Ing with that terrible disease, • ith your wendfr-
Marxkt*. We are enabled to quote an da-
vanos on oattoo tinea our lant We quote from
18 to 18) cents for tb« best grades.
Tbe fallowlag art quotation* at dlfbraot
poiuta on lb* U
Macon. 21 to 21) rents ; Savannah, 22| ; Au
gusta, 2l)i New York, Ji ; Liverpool, Uplands
9)4, ‘Means »|d.
[suraat laatuar.]
MonitJt. KoV. 2.1th. 1847.
John rl. Wood, A'sf.. A. /amis. Mo. :
Mas a Mut—llsving fiiferi-d a number of years
from “Chronic Rheumatism.'' and iwlng every
thing puMishnl and recommended for ila cure
u Ithaut kwueftclal rvatvlts. I waa induced by a 8L
Louisian to try your "Lallamahds ’’ I did
and with complete success. For to-day I am
wholly fisc Irom It in every way. Mine was a
can# of no ordinary '-Rheumatism," but wa* on.
Hoping cane/. Miall, during such vaeknCy, ha\'n the
s sniOwr-s * L.» r n** bu.I custody of oil records, books and pa-
Jul medicine,
mar.vat
For sale by
pew appertaining to the said Deptilm.
It Is clear that this net passed liy a Con grew. I
many or wb .«e member* parUeipaici in the for-1
nl itiou of (be 1 oiistllji'lon. mi frr from denying
the power of tbe President to mu-tve Uu Secret*- j
ry of War, recognized it as existing in Has L*. 0-
ntive alone, wi neut the eoncum-uce ui llieA-n j
ate, or of any other lA-partin.-nt of the Un-.*m-
uient: fiirtiH-riuore, this aet doe* not pnrpoi t to’
confer tne power by legislative an t hotly, nor in I
fact wa* there any upon the BxemHiye. Tim re-
1*. Miller * Co.. 177 4th street. Cincinnati, Ohio, j n f the |s)W.r by tbbs set, U llierrf..re
It is the great history of tlie campaign* ot this complete a* a rvcogsltioit under the Constitution
I am Uolvyour*.
H . iv. Ilsmm.
T. 8 POIVRLL. Tru.tcc,
Ikruggivt. CvtUibert, fi*.
Txt Csmi aionIi or Kohbkst anii FomiKcT’e
CiVAiaT.*-Thi* work will s<*»n be Iffiued by!.'
i tael 1.1 or there was no other touroe or authority
tr**m which tlsouUt t* derived.
Tin- other net which refei* to this qiuwtion is
that rntreUtmg lira tenuro of c«rtsin civil office*,
pasMMl by Congre** c*n the second day of March,
I8n7. The itrst svction of tbst act it iu the fol
lowing word* : -That everv parson holding any
civil office to which he had been appointed by
and with the *dvit4* ami consent of tlie BrnsU*.
uttd auy petvan who shall hervaftrr be •.ppotuU-d
to any sucli office, and shall beooine duly qusli-
lled to set therein, slinll be entitle.I to hold office
until a MieCesslol ahull have lies'll in like Mtatiner
uppoinud or duly qualified, except as herein
otherwise provided; provide.l,that the Secretary of
Htala.of tlie Treasury, of War. of the Navy,of the 1
Inlet lor,lit* Postmaster (tenerai,and the Attorney I
isMieral slrnll bold their office pepeclively for
and during the t* riu of the I'resldelit, liy whom
they may have been appointed, and lot one j
month thereafter, subject to removal by aud
with the advice ami conssrai of the tb-nate. Th# j
lourth seot ion of the same act rvstrirt* the Irst of J
I office to the limit prescrilx d by tlie law muting!
diktingittslu-sl chielUin, by a must Irntlilul and
fuitilile Writer, and will soon lie uffvod fiw **le
to the people of the Empire State of the Hontli
by that true Suutkren and sole agent. William
II • Hicks, Esq., of Macon, Ga. Kvtry wan, wo
man and child sbould at once tnbecribe for tbe
great work of the age. It will add a lustre to
the already polished mipd, *«*l sparVU* with tlw
seintillatioiH of genuine authorship and truthful
•tutewvnts, compiled from the official records of
that perilous lime w hich tried th* stoutest patriot
soul. Forrest made bis mark on the age, and
his name Is moat dteervrdly high in tbe niche of
history. He 1* all of aa original lor the pictnre
where Shnkspeere seye
“On whom every god did seem to w t his seal
To give the world uneuranec of tbe matt."
lie honored the cause he espoused, and his
country hononrhim.
1 be book, a flue royal netaro nf 5.-S pair* In 1 Tits', psrlaf the that section which nr*-1
, ... , , . „ 1 reties tie* firoviso declare that every iterson hoi-
Wl.n.1 ..■* I>1«, MM >11 U» '•.1— .clrlln».'M„«lik.l.ln. h«.l».n.»m,j J
march**, bivouacs, charges,-retreats, ettf., pecuK kp|Mtiuted hv mul with the a.lvice and consent of;
Lr to army lift?, bnt none of dt-nais, aa be suffer- th*' ^ uate, shall hold such office until s »ucri»*ur,
nl«ft«nr.w™. II# nnrer Wl kin rnur exp>nnit l! ‘' MU*T nppnli.W. II
- . . , ’ purports to take front the hxet uttve during tbe
his flank* unprotected or snimnuttion or ba,- hked time esl.ffiliah.sl Rr tliv leinire-..UffirM. the
gage train unguarded. He was the Os. r of lire imlefteinhiii power of rvinov tie and to rtquir*
struggle for .‘VHithern iodepea.lwnce, aud nis.ury for suck h tuovala tbe cnncuir'iit uctio.i of tlm
» ill rrcjevt 1.14 ,1,., ,!■ 1 Hmldent ami tlw S-nate. The jtrovia.. that fol-
I lows proceeds U> ttx the time of office of the sovo-
1 be work rnrinsfies the complete r*curd of • ral Itoada of the d* partmenU wliere tenure never
c.mm and. the rank of each Inditidual, time of had been delin<ni Is f ,n, by prescribing lout limy
Ml vice, wounds, dent lit, promotions or die- •**“" holdtheir offle reajwaaelyfot and duriug
, Tk . . , , . , the tent* of the I’nskleul by win in they nmy
charges. The bank Is worthy nf puuba«* sml | JttT t„. rn appoJulW. and frgW nemtli 4tn>mT.
prescrvaflon. end will prove a m et Jnlriudral, t*r. SUl^ect to removal Hy and with the advice
n» well aa beautiful ornament to any library < r couwmt of Urn tienalc. Thu*, aa to these
,, . . , . , . J , I enumerated Oiltsci., tins jiov s , ,'ruio Hie I’l.ai.ii iif
centre UUe, snd a truly rowdy p-frreoc# for ln-a for r irm „val. except with lltesdvko aud
ture use. It tuo Will be highly |>riacd fer Us' consent of tbe Hen te. liy its terms, however,'
laulllce rsracliy and mantlneM of statement. More he own be deprived of the power to dl«-’'
Mr. Hick, k.-lr.n nnn In L.vt . nopV, I'—' “ "•••“>PI«.. .lu. b- In,
.... . , . * , spj'oiiib-d them. It is only in tliat case they
nnd It Mill nnlj bn aeU b, kin Of bln aubtgpitnl h, ve Rn , ^ nur , „f .j,,,, , n , | IM S-pnad«i,l
ia this Stale. I’ersotu deeiring county agencies' right to bold during the term of llw I'resi-l
must at once adilies* William 1L Hicks, Macon,] '**** “ ,v * 0l,e ,,lon L wftcr the cefSTtiim of
On . 1. -bn.n nbn mb«rip!]nn. a.j ... Hr. 1 J 00 1'™'“;-.
. .. „ J , give* no tenure ot office to any of these offic*n
warded r»y mall. I rice for best half rslf tmpe- who ha* beun appointed hy (be I'resident beyom
appointed hy the President beyond
o.k- in.mill after the accession of bis successor.
la the case of Mr. Stanton, the only appoint-
otent under which he held the office of Secretary
of War, w.ts that conferred upon him bv my im
mediate pr deeweot, with tbe advice and consent
of the Senate. He has never be|d from me any
appointment as the bead of ilia War Ucpiwtm'mt
ll batever right be had to hohi the office was tie.
rived from that original apeoiatiueul tuel i w .
own Influence. Tlie law was not iuter.d«d to
protect Mich sn Incumbent of tlie War Depart-
ment. bv Uking from the President the power to
remove him. This in my judgment ia perfectly
. . . . , . . - clear, and the law itseil admits or no other con-
drop in tlie groat ocean of chanty winch stroctino. and we find iu all that portion or the
in now rolling through our impoverished 1,1 #r c , ioo which precedes tuo proviso, that as to
millet.—.V. 1. Krnrm. j civil officers generally . th U Pr.vjd.-nt is deprived
' . <>f the power of removal, and it is plate Ihat If
~ — •" h.ul been no proviso tlmt povfer would >irt
N*ew York line boen chowen ne “clearly have born taken froushim a* far ns it
the place, and July 4th aa tbe lime, for ""
, i _ ii- -• i ,, ' tor reasons wnicn wrrt* no doilit satiafseVrv to
the awcn.btli.g nf the Dcmnnrat.o Cnn- Cnner.*,, time |,rincip.l ..ffic n -, re
vennon, to. nominuto candidates for the provided for, and the express and onlyrtquiri-
J’residency und Vice-Prcwidunev of thoflo mentis tliat tbo J'e.M dent who has appo Died
United Sutew, to he vot'd for at tlto ["«'•]* without Uw advico andciMi ot
riel binding, six dollars. For best umslin, four
dollar*.
Reports from the various food-
dirtpeDHitg ubaritiew in this city show
tliat want and destitution among the
working people is daily on the increase.
Only think of one institution, the Five
Point* llouae of Industry, fairing com
pelled to furnish the deserving poor 10,-
H00 meals a week ! And thia ia but a
election in November
tlm Senate remove Uicm from offl.-e. The con- 1
Dequeues i», that a* to iuy Csb’iuct, cmlracing
the officers designated In the first section of the
acts, takes from tnc tlm power without tho cott-
currencti of the Senatu to remove any otto of
llietD I have appointed, but it does not protect
rich of them ail dill not appoint, nor give t<>
tlfin auy tcuure-ot-vflcs beyond my pleasure.—
l)n examination of this aot it then shows that
While in one part of the section provision i* made
for officer* generally,’ iu another clause there is a
clam of officers dCHimmlcd by their official title
who Ktv exempted front the general terms of the
law, and in rolenmctMfc Whom a cleardlstl cUon
Is made os to lhegeser.il power of removal. The
first clsutk>.of tho section this distinction is, that
OS to suob of Hietw ptiumernesl officer* os hold
their sppointuieut from the l’lvsideut, tlie power
ef retnov.il can only !*• exerolmtd by hint with
the consent of the Senate, while a* to tho*e who
have not been appointed by him, there H nollke-
liliood of a denial of his power (o displace them.
It would be * violation of the plain meaning of
this enactment to place Mr. .Ttanlon upon the
siihn' footing us three bends oTiVputlmftut* who
Imve IsH'it appointed by myself. A* to him,
this law gives him no tenure of office. The
members oftny Cabinet who Imve been tppoln-
trd by him. are by Utis act enliliiHi to hold for
one month liter uto term ormy office shall cease ;
Imt Mr. Stanton eonld not. against the wishes of
sty Htiereator. hold a moment th. realter. If he
w>ri p*'tmi'n d by that Mtceessor to bold for the,
Aft two weeks, would that succesaui lutvc no
power to remove hint 7 Rut the power of my suc-
Qevsor over bint would i»e no greater they my
own. If ffiy lucbesstir Wottki have the power to
P'tnote Mr. Kiauton alter |teriniuing hint U> re
main over two wevU, because be was not appoin
ted hy him. but hy ills pfedeccseor, I, who have
toUratol Mr Htanton for more than two years,
certainly have the same rights to remove him,
aud upon the tame grouud*. namely—that he
was imt appuinM by uie, but by m/ prudecossor.
Und r tbis eonstrnction of the tenurc-of-offlee
act I had nevur doubled my power to remove
him, whether it was constitutional or nob It
lias always been my opinion that it dill not se
cure him front removal, t was aware, however.
thut there were doubt* as to the construction nf
the law, and irom the tint deemed it desirable
Uibi ul the earliest possible moment thsse doubts
should be settled, and the true eonstruction of
the act fixed bv the decision of the Supremo Court
of the United States. My order of suspension in
August last was iotendad to plart th* case in
such a posillou os would make a resort to a judi
cial dreisiou both uecesaery and proper. My ua-
deretaiHiinx and wishes, however, under that or
der of euapentiun, were frueiraled. aud fbe late or
der for Mr. Stanton's removal waa a fortber atop
toward Uie aec< inpiiebineiil of that purpose. I
ri p> at th.it my own conviction as to the t.'ne con
*!■ notion oTthe lit* and as to thecon»li|iitlonsli-
ty were well willed, and were sn»tuiu*d by eve
ry meiubri ol my Cabinet, including Mr. Stanton
hlniseil. Upon tbe i|is<-vtioii nf the coostilntioti-
stity,e«ch one In turn deliherately adviwd me
that tlie linn re of office act waa niicoiiatlttitlonnl.
Upon the qiiritiion w hetlier as to lliner in'-miiem
wt.o were appoiotMl by my pTedeoiesor. Uie act
U'ok Ik.Ill ui' lb.- power to remove Hunt, one of
these irivtnbers add einphulicslly. In presence of
Vie nth.w sluing In my Dsblnet, ttiast tfary did
nut couio within lltc provisions ol the *• t, and
it W.i* no |NOteclion to them. No one dissented
from this cnnatructlud, and 1 understood them all
to Rcqqfnoa in ii* cL'irectnem. In a mailer of
*uolt grave cotesqncnce, 1 was imt disposed to
irm| upon iny own ofiiniont, tlmugh furtlfierl by
my ejiistitulionul udvlars, I have rtntvfoie
s.wt *bt to bvlng the question at a» early a day ns
f wkible. ix f« re the huprMRu Cofrrt of the United
.let. for a ll.ial and aulfiurilalive ducisious.
In respect lo no uiiicIi of Ilia r<voluiion as re-
a » to thr sppoiiiiiui lit of an officer to set **
S^crepny nf War ad intrnm, 1 have only to a*y
1 have fXNCised this pOwenur.der tbe (irnvlainua
<g ttie Qist veetiou of the act of Febriisry 15,
lll’i. which, se Lr *• th«*y are applicable to fill
ing raruneiw* eaused by removaia. I und> island
to be still ill force. The iegislatlon for the sub
ject lo nd interim appointment* in the Kxeoutive
iieparim*'iil stands as to tits War office as fol
low* : The action of the set of the 7th of August,
17b*. made uo provialou lor s vacancy In the
very case of a removal nf the head of Ik* War
Departm-nt. and npett suck vacancy give* the
charge and custody ol tlie rrcorda, books, snd
papers to Uie C.ik'l Clerk. Nsxt. by the act "f
the nth of May. 17W, section 8, it is provided
th.it in case of vacancy occasion'd by death, ab-
seiice from tlie seat of iinvernnwnt, nr sickncua
of the bend of tlie War Dnpiirlmvnt, the President
nviy author'ir.e u person lo |MTfoitn tlie duties ol
the ofllee until a successor is appointed or tin;
illsaliilily removed. The act, tl willTw olwerrod,
dm* not provide for ll.e cave of n vacancy caus
ed by removal. Then, by Uie Dot srciioti of Uie
act ol Pels nary 13. I7H.V it is provldi-d that iu
css* of any vaesnuy the I'nwldenl may npp dut
a |iera»pt to pet it, i the duties while tlie vacancy
e l*K
Thiwe aria are followed hv tliat of the Iffih of
February, 1M»»3, by tlie fits' section of shlcb pro
vision ik mad.- for n vacancy cmi-ed by death,
r signmioit. absence from llisscnt afgovernment,
or sickness, of the head of any executive depart
ment. ifnd upon the occurrence of attcli a vacan
cy, power is given to the Urvaiilenl to authorize
the he..I of any other executlte d< partnienl or
other i.flier in ciUii-r of said departments, whoee
appointment* nrr vrvP d va the President, st hi*
dfiM letion. to (terform Ui* dnlie* oft * ssiil res
pective offices until s sttcceesor I* appointed-^
until snob alMu nce or iusbilily l>y sickness slisll
ceuae : providrd that no on* vseanay shall h*
snjipli.'d in the uianti'tr af..nrsid for a longci pe-
r eel than sis utniiilis. 'I his law, with tome tnod-
iflt'alions, refracts the act of I7il7,snd |irot hire,
a». did tttmt act. tor the sort ot ricnnuiee to lie
AIM, but the set of 1792 make* no provisions
for a vacancy occasioned by removal —it btisre-
f.renci! ull'igetlirr lo vacancies arising from other
C'lUK -s. A'ending lo my cotialrnction of the
pel nl 1 KM, while it iinpliedy repeal* the art of
1792, regnl iting the vacanclie therein ascribed,
It |i •* no beating wbulever on so much or the set
of 179.1 as applies to vacancies caused by remov
al. TltO act of 179,’t, therefore, furnishes the rule
for a vacancy occasioned hy removal- one of the
vai ancics expressly referred to lu the act of tlie
7lli of August, 1789, creating the iicpartnisnt of
War. Certainly there is no express repeal by
the set of 18G3, of the act of l*Uo j the re)a ab*K
there is my, is by implicalion. end c.tn only be
adinitlH to far as them is a clear iuconsivlcncy
between the two sets. The act of 179.1 is incoti-
b n' w th that of 1AC3 as lo a vacancy occasion
ed by death, rvr-igiiation, thenr- or sickness. Imt
B"t at all inconsistent aa to n vacancy caused by
removal. It is awurcdly |«o|wr that the I'tssf-
d«ut should ituve tlie same power lo fill, tempo
rarily, a vacancy caused by r< niotal, as he ba*
to supply a plaeo road-; vacant by death nr expi
ration of a term For Inslanre. IV tV im;umb< nt
of an office nix.old oe found wholly unfit to exe
cute the function* nl hi* office, the |wbliu service
should rivpitre his imm diale expulsion. A rem
edy should exist and be at once applied, and
time allowed to the i're»i<!c*l to a«dcct and ap
point * sncceetor. as itpTmitU d him in case of
a vacancy caused by death or the termination of
au <*fflcul U-nu.
Jhe nectwlly, therefore, for an ad interim *p-
pointment is just as great, mu] indeed may be
greater, in caws ol removal Uiau .in oilers. Be
fore it be held, then fme.*that flit* power given
by tha act of 179.1. in C.t»e of reffioval. is aiwrx
gated >ucc< o ling Isgbhlion, an cxprcMt repeal
O ijjtit !Q upiAtu. .S j v\l.o.t>o,LO a power fhou’.d
certainly not bo taken away by Inotu lmplicnllon.
It may Im, however, that in this, as luoth- i
(uses of implied r.'peal/lmibts may arise, a;.d it i»
ceiifuaaedly ouc ol the subtlu aud debatable qnei
tinna which arise lu tbe reconetruotion of Rlultw.
If, upon such a question, 1 have fallen into an
erroneous const motion, 1 submit whether it should
Ini eharaoterised as a. violation of official duty
and ol law.
1 have deemed |t proper in vindication of the
course which have oounderod it my duty to take,
to place before the Hennte the mason upon which
1 have passed my action, although I have been
adviswl by rvory member ol my U.abinet that the
entire teitiiro-of-office act is nnconslIitlilWull and
therefore void, and although I have ex|)Te»«ly
concurred in that opinion Hi the veto moteage
which I have had the honor to submit to Con
gress when I returned the bill for consideration,
, I Imve refrained from m iking a removal of any
Officer contrary to the provision of tbe low, and
have only oxerdsed the power In the c**r of Mr-
'Blanton, wlilcn, in iny judgement, did not come
within its provision*.' I imve endeavored lo pro-
reed with the greatest circumspection, aud have
acted only in nu extreme md exceptional caeo.
carefully following the course which I have
marked out for myself a* a general ml*, faithful
ly to execute all litwa though passed over my ob
ject Iona. On the score of constitutionality In
the pruaeal instance 1 Imve appealed, or sought
to ap|x'nl tu that filial srldler fixed by the Consti
tution for the determination of all such urn's-
Hon#. To this course 1 have been impellerf by
(he solciitu obligations which rest upon me (•>
Mtstnio Inviolate lb* powers of tho hlglt office
committed lo my hands whatever be tho eouar-
qttence ; if merely persooul to myaelfl could
not allow them to prevail against a public doty,
•o clear to my own mind and so itnp>Taiive.
Htui I been certain when I removed Mr. Blan
ton. that iu thus defending Hi" trust committed
lo my hands, my own removal was sure to follow,
I could not have hesitated. Actuated hv public
considerations o( the highest character. I earueet-
ly protest against tlie resolution of thu Seimto
which charge! me. lu wtm' l have done, with a
violation of the Constitution and lawa of the
Uuited Stale*.
Avohrw Johnson.
Wasuinoton, D. G„ Fab. |2, 1888.
Terrible Oentb of ffi WrnVe
Soldier.
Tho tflogriiph guvo na n brief report
nf nn iiicwnilinry liro.in TitllnliuMec on
FrlduyluHt,hy which tho store of Molars,
Korkscy & Jolthwn with wmio $.'10,000
worth of gootl* wore diatroyod pnd othor
property damaged. It was a!uo men-
tioned that h yminR Fedeml *oldior,
named Charles W. I'uytt, native nf Now
BruitHwick, N Y., covered by u fulling
will waa burned to deiith. in ita oo-
cotint of tho flre, tho Kloridihn 8«ya, by
the unexpeoted fall of the wall, young
i’avtt, who with utllera wua engaged hi
eiidoitvorintr to save property, was bu
ried beneatn a man* ofrnbuietl. Prompt
dfftfrta wi'ro innde .to extricutc him na
well by oftk'ut a sand aobltera, nf the rugi
Tit* Ai'oohta MfinicibCoLLio*.—Tbe
CommeneetticM Kxeroleo* of thi> old
•ttd tlfnc-hohorcd Inetittition took place
nt Mufcitiic Hall oil the 20th tilt. Tltfi
Denn'a report, tut publlahod in tbe
Chronicle A Hunthiul, i upresunta tho in*
Ntitulion an being very well aupported,
there being y7 in attendance, lit® fac
ulty recommended tlie following atu
denta to tho Truateee aa worthy tbe
Doctorate:
Kdwnrd T>. Alfriond, flpnrta, Ofi. |
John A. Murker, Kdgcfield District, fl.
O.J Joeeph T. Buttle, Hiillocb Co.
Ain.; Jem on C. Bivii.ga, Dalton, da..
Benjamin S. Brazeal, Irwinton, Oe.;
jfumU NV. Butta, Ifencodk Co, Oe.; L.
mflnt aa ciliaenn, hut tbe 'flnmcn were G Byrd Edgefield Diet., B. C.; Thorn-
loo hot, nnd tho poor follow, timid the oe 8. Duklo, I'liomatville, 0* ; Benfa-
distress nf the Hpeotati-rs mid Ida own mini DuBoee, Elbert Co., Oa.; Wm.
cries for help and groana of siiflorfiig,u'ua ! Duffle, Edgefield Diat., 8. C.; William-
lltcv,ally burned to death, dying n mar- eon I Halloway, Edgefield Diet., 8. 0.;
From thk Couniky.—Tbr reporta from
th* plantation* are all favorable. Wheat
nut) other auriy crop* uro looking wall.
Every body ia buey at work. The
planter#, aa a general rule, hare on ninny
imnds engaged and oa the ground us
they want. Most of them have deter
mined lo plnnt enough grain to do them,
and to make a vigorous effort to once
tiniro bring up their stock of hogs and
unUle—'R ooueiderulion which they all
fuel. All oxporiuncti hue indeed told
them, that it is not economy to exhaust nil
their onergie* in the cultivation ol cotton,
und then upend llut money it briuga to
feed thetnucLea and their »U>eU. They
ure quilling that system, on the ground
tlmt it don’t puy—-nu arguim nt aulfinient
in itaelf, to any nothing of their aoanlily
supplied tnhlcx ami poor-inoking hot sea
nml mulef, all snutuined buddy front i
their neiglduii ing grocery kaoper, Ciu-
ciniiati, Luttiavillu uml Ht. Louis are too’
oil ami freight too high to act in
the cnpticiiy of Southern autoke hoiisoa'
and uorn-unbe. 'i’hetu Weatern fellowa
uie all very clever to us (see Sherman’*
oflicisl report) when there iu a little
iff onmiug in to then . Thay live t« o
far otT for ita to hoard with them. They
arc, no doubt, all gentlemen, (see "Story
ofShermun’a (jreal March," bu nd iu
Georgia calf—aud it look ull the cnlvea
and cows, too, we hml,) philosophers,
porta, and write good bands, but they
lun’t keep a hotel.—Journal Meuun-
9*. .
tyr to his r.nnI in the effort to save the
property of atranguru. When it was
found thnt itwnH im|>neaihle to resone him,
a suggestion whs innde that ho should lie
instantly killed by t blow from on hx« in
the hands of u comrade, but he bt ggsd
them not to do it. Hope of ultimate
safety, even in his du*|K>ratA atriijt, did
not cteaort him. His remains were re*'
cued on Friday, und were buried in the
afternoon of that day, being followed to
the grave l»y ft large concourse of citi
bom* and soldiers, among the former of
whom was tho Governor of tho Stale,
with many others of prominence. The
deepest feeling won manifested for hi:
terrible fate, and the warmest sympathy
felt for hie bereaved relatives.—Ifmt
Herald. ^
Tub Connxavativsh or Alaiuma Pur
paring roRTiie Campaign.—The Exocu
tive Committee of tho Stale of Alnbama
met in Montgomery on the ‘29th alt.,
when the following leuoliitioiiM were
Jopted :
Jlenolcetl, That a Convention nf the
white people of AluhuiiiH, .wijh>njt dis
tinction of old poli'iciil parties npposi-d
to m>gro ilomiuuliiiii und Htidicu) mis
rule in the Government, be called to
meet in tin: oily of Montgomery on the
(imt Monday of June for the pnrp ae of
taking uieiiaiirrs to austaiti nml uo ope
rate with the Nntionid l)ein«H;riicy of
tlm Union in the approaching eleet on
for Prefident und Vico Provident of the
United States.
Jlrtoktd, Thnt if, in tlie opinion of (he
Conservative Hinie Executive Commit
tee, events should transpire to render
odient or necessury that ibu said
t^tnte Convt ntiiin hi) called at nn earlier
day, it ahull have the poWor to coitVukc
Resolved, That five cit'rans he n[i
(loiotcd to repuir to Wm-hington and t -
remoio tliure us long aa is ncce« n iiry to
represent the politicttl iuteresL of thia
leople, and to keep our Iriends of-th*
V.mh adviacd of the stnto of ufluim in
Aliibuma.
Resolcrd, That the friends of thp cause
toe earnestly advised to rnuintuin wn ac
tive political organization in every town
nnd county of tho StHte, with a view to
ho ready to support a white supremacy
find Constitutional goveromcot under
whatever confingfiOoies nmy Arise,
Peter M. Dix, ol Madison; J. J.
Giers, <if Morgan ; L. E. Parsons, of
I ellitdcgu ; Ji. F. Hnmlfill. of Dullua;
ami John Forsyth, of Mobile, were ap
P"i tod a Committee on tbe third nmo
In lion.
IMR. The Mncnn Journal A Maaaen
ger anya th* preaent adraneein the prico
of cotton has come late for the planter’s
interest; but still it will leave, if pru
dently managed, many millions nf dol-
lure in tlie 8011th, und’ we bulieve that
in a few weeks money mutters will bn
easier in this city, partiouLily, than they
have boon for h long time, it hua come
in good lime, however, to encourage
the plantar* What with the cotton
tax, [now lifted for the next crap,] the
disuHtera of the past season and tha loir
prices, planter* went nlrnoxt paralyzed
ami in despair. I’hey nan lilt up tliair
IteatL now and work with a hopeful lu-.
turu. Hut let them not forgut tho La-
so/is of the past ami continue to asori-
lice farming to nlti ding, he I eo< ing good
and Irind hands discarding tho idlo nnd
the vicious, their trim policy will Its to
pitch their crops first with m view to cer
tain abundance ill their horns, eorn-cirha
and amoke-houNes. After Hint, all the
ootton that can be j ro'l aby oultivated
with 'heir surplus fore,. Make plenty to
*st, and if you mnku lees ootton, be Aure
that it will bring tho prico of morA, for
in hpite of India, Kftypt and Branil, the
potton murkete of the world will here
after be largely dopendeut upon South
ern production.
Tilt FlNAl. KRNUI.T—BxrUDfATtOM.—
The Ileruld predicts that tho breaking
down of the national credit must he the
certain result of a perseverance in the
Radical policy :
"We lire thrown back (asys the edi
tor) from tho fixed point wo h»d reach
ed arid fl iut in tho uncertain hou of rev
olutionary trnubloM, bo tossed hither and
thither that none can nay where we
nmy ho benched. Ws ui e nguiu iu tho
category of mi ion* whose grvnt war*
fruit'd in great internecine ropiest* fur
political power; und people must roa-
hoii to nur future from huoIi oxamplee as
that of France, in which the series ol
clmiigca run tlirogh u score "f yours and
upset ull Ihw and order. Who mIiiiII sny
now that the nation's bonds will uhi-
mutely be of mors value than were those
of Frufice ? or that tlie United riluta*
greenback will not figure in tlie asms
chapter of monetary liiatory that recites
the atory of tho French assignat*? Onr
tendency ig downward in the sains di
rection.’*
* The SrtVnnttuh pupcin publish
Wm. Haynie, Russell Co., Al*.; Duvid
E. Johonton, Pickens, AL.; Gao. W.
Kirklund, Mitlvllie, Ga.; Tho*. R.
Longue, Greenville Dist., 8. 0.; Bettj.
E. Martin, Laurens Diet., 8. C.; Alex
II. Mnlhews, fieri van Co., 0a.; Chsa.
F. Miles, Spnrtiinburg Dist., 8.0.; Gaft.
W Mullikfn, WtlkosCV, Go.; Meriditli
M. Qdotn, Johnson C«. Os.; Wyatt H.
Pool, Rudolph Go.. Ain.; Samuel 0.
Paraloy, Clinton, Gft. j Uowunl 11.
Smith, Scrivcn Co,0*.; Plosaunt 8.
Vardury, Greenville, Ala.; Jobu B.
Wilkinson, Hillsboro', N. C.
Badicambm ib Rtvolution.—By “rev-
olution” in thia ease, says the Journal of
Commerce, ws moan not merely n com
fiiut of if.'pss, settled finally through th*
ballot bor, bat—
“human carnage,tbe deep imbruing of
men’s hands in othsr* blood—that (saya
the editor) In the god to which radical-
ism eornoa at last. Th* final pages of
its history are written in gore, and b»
the fire of ^burning cities. When rad
icalism stops short ol that dreadful end
it is forcibly stopped, like ahorse jerked
back upon its haunches, by the stroi,&
hand or conservatism. For four long,
weary, bloody yenm, radicalism held its
oourso both north nnd south, and we all
know whnt a pitiable wrack it has muds
of our country. We bad hoped ond
tried very hard to believe that the sum
gummy inutictdof radicalism were sta
ted by the slaughter wild misery of the
past, nnd that however reckless it might
be in its legislation, it Would not uguin
deliberately ten not it on armed revolution
end seek to relight the smouldering em
bers of civil war. Hut the nwiftly suc
ceeding events of the lust few days
have vhown tbst radicalism ha* not—
we might say cannot—change if nature
AitTict.Mor IwrxAciiKEirr.—The fol
lowing are the Impeachment articles
presented by the House Committee
ugainst President Johnson:
First. Removal of Secretary Stanton
with intention to violute the Cooatitutioii
■ad laws.
Second. Appointment to the War
Secrtaryshlp, with like intent, of ooe
Lorenzo Thomas.
Third. Conspiracy with,Thomas, and
others unknown, to hinder Stanton, by
intimidation and threats, from executing
ihu duties of his office.
Fourth. Conspiracy with Thomas and
others to prevent and hinder tits execu
tion of tho Teuure-of offlce bill.
Fifth. Appointmvn of Thomas wbilo
th«; Senate wa* iu session.
Sixth. Conspiracy with Thomas to seix#
property of the United States, coutrary
to ad of July, tbdl.
Seventh. Conspiracy with Thornes
nml olbrrs to eject Stuntou from tho
W ur office.
CHEAP BEADING.
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Tot sot* bf
T. I. POWELL, Trust**,
MT *t Draff Hi, U«okftl!*r sad HislLasr.
eject Btuntou from the
Eighth. Conspiracy to tok* possession
of property of the United States in the
War Office.
Tenth. Persuading Gen. Emery
that the law rui|uiiiiig ordure from th#
Pieaident ami Hecretsry of War, should
come tbr' ogh the Gei eral of tha armiev.
The Houno reserves the privilege of
presenting o;her charge# to srstiinim-
the affllnvit of M-.ftes Ii'. Hcntly,' a dul-! peuclirm-nl in replying to the President’s
egnte to the Atlfoita Convention front u »" ,w *» r to thu nlxrve ten charges. Nin#
Ciirithnm county, in which he a wears' charge*, on HtMnton’a removal. The
ii..,# x-i...-i.- 11 >1... tenth uimliit- to 4ii-n Kiii«n-vV in<ar«‘u>Mr
Fi.ohioa Convsntion "Scair."—The
Columbus Hun sny* some idea of the
value of scrip issued by the Mule Team
Convention may be glomied from the
fnct thnfone of the members ia soitl t"
have given one hundred dollars for u
bottle of whin key, and several others
took drinks to the tunc of twenty d<-l!.irsi
a pk t e. - x |
tliut ChurliN II. Hopkina ia tlm man
who got up the late riutnmi negro meet
ing in Biivwnnuh, und knowingly und
designedly violated tho military order*
applicable to political melting*, io get
ting it up.
r-sr Our riliratiN ahouhl remember
that apadra will prove trumps for those
tenth applitw to Gen. Emery's interview
whorsin the President uxked: “Am 1 to
understand tlmt the President of the
l/niied Stutea cunnot glvu nn order but
through the Cenurnl-in Chief and G«ae-
ral Grunt ?" After auy ing "ye#,'' (Ten.
Emery withdraw.
NOTICE.
SOUTH WKHTBRN RAILROAD Co^ L
Orric*. Macon, Oa.. W, 18, 1889. f
Dividend Ns. C8.
A DIVIDEND ot (#*) foar Dollars par nhsrs
A. on lb* capital Hock ot lb* Company, as b«M
on lb* tlsl nil., bw Ibis day bwn drelarsd bv I|m
Board of DirrCtors, from tb* wrxlsts «/ lb* Road
for tb* sit month* w«w tut alt.. H’*bU oa usd
•frrr 80lh In*tool ia UatWd Ntals* (Lritnev.
Tb* Oor«n>m*ot US will b* paid by this Compa-
S oekbo»d*r* I* fUvsansb wRl nealv* Iboir 4<vb
drods *1 tb* C.ntr*l R.flmad D.nk.
JOHN T. HOIFUILLKT,
hj" 81 Hwtrv *nd Ti*s«ar*r. J
Important to Smokera
A Charcoal Pipe!
nemo ow4* from pan mrbnn la Mu fora t4
I > Ubaraaal, whUh b so potoaa that a *nbi« i**b
Uharawd. wbbh b *0 pot no* lb_
is wtiaMUd 10 b*v* ■ soribc* ofalbutabaa-
I sq**r* hoi, sad wbleb also po*a«*M* lb* r*
k»W* pouor of aftaorblsf and oondeoai** *Nx>.
me* its oW* v*iom* of urUin puts, (bit ola*
r** to tb* amok*r tb* **ai« Immunity frwa IU
KxrrwStrACU
of it
dr*d ,
marknbl*
ly Hi
Tb* absorbs** qaMtty of Anil dnsaswv* *Mb
•II mo lw nr* m Uu jUbm wtUlH *m i« wdd
•DtH ifwy pWlUb *f tb* tpb*M U llWtad,
th.acombfatsfoa.uy with *a imporiaav imiluty
tbey *yof tiasd, and M*d>**l UmUamon t*.« d*
■larsd Uu> it b tb* owly malarial Ibroojb which
fcbaou Imuxtit,
8- POtl
Bonbwttsr *nd Mutinntr
Untiltx-rt, F*b. tl, ISSD j
I h*r*« tiodlhr**
Notice.
UNITRD RTATBH INTKKNAL HKVttVOR. I
D*pnty ColiwUi’* Off,ml Id Dwlrtai. U*.
Oulhtell, “ ‘ ' *
N 0TI0B i> h*r*b» ft ran, tbat
U,!po*r Hiilla, two Hlnl Worm#, twtoiy and
» bait faUiin# Wb.*a., frma ib* HUH ot
Jnmra K. Bridgaa, oo bia plaaUlUa is Mandnlnb
•oaoly. All pmsoaa in(«r**ud nr* raqolrrd to mm#
fcrawd s«d N tT « *»«> Wiihtn shier day*, nt |
•bail ell Ib* proparly for tb* b*i,«S) of tbr (M-
*r*m#*L D. C. BANCROFT,
MMN»H*pl IfottraAw
RANDOLPH
MALE ACADEMY.
ritllRa
I Ull
rsssilf
l "r nr Bomubody ny. "no woml.r L.
who w,» i n g.K.I «r.p of vi-K.tol>lf. lliw b ,„ mtQ „ ca ,i« biMh wh«. tho-
f* r - 1 "Y " r * r, "| ,aid ." «“* L'on.cn i.,,„ nr. paying nlgM doll.,. .
•-."t "Pl-fwr. lor ily.p.pti*, and thn rl.r | L .y fir Id Inmdn.
nice little line* nml rttkes, will gtvu u
hHnntifiil rose tint to leinula uncoke, und
vigor to tho frume.
Th© ulx 1 vo wo olip from the Griffin
Herald. Would it not unit this luti-
tude ?
..IriC The idea i#i|iiite prevalent in
Europe tliat tlio vu»t war prepm ktions
of Franca are meant for tnnro than uu-
tinuu) defence.
Bingham hits hewn selected ns
Ciiuirmunofllitf ImpcncbtiM/nt Munugers.
Ptcvens tecivtd the low imt vote on tho
bulloi for M .ti.tLim
Fashionable Dim-Maker
AND
MILLINER.
M IW. A. E. RAULAND
W.*M iafarm bar
old p*tmn* and tb» pnb'M fr*m*lly tb#i *b* b*a
Jtm racaiird aud •p**ml bar atoak oI
FALL md WINTER
Millinei-y GFoods,
i Whieb »k« will t*k# ntaaaura in akowlng to lh**a
—h<> may foa.ir bar with a toll.
Kh« i« ■!#<• |>'r|ta*rJ to cut, liim and mak# Draa*
I, Cliwk>>. har ipira. Jackal*, a'o., ia ilia Utmtaltfr,
. »u-it 1 nn.tc-i -al al tom o..»Uia \\iU*s. Ml
tb* publu, tbat Wa H<(h 8
Far Boyi tad Young M*i),
X-.l«i —J y . .i«— .Mon wriw.
lu tha contrary
A* a |H)ri)i*naot inalitiriion. and Ui* only PUD-
1,1C Halo Hchool in Ikto Isrf* 'own. lb* Aandamy
ba* peculiar elainia noon lb* panplA
Onr rum bar. *..uAtno« to iMroasr. but Iksra U
joi room f <r additional pnntl*.
lo ri*» ol lb* iiSnarnfialed daall'n'lon of lb*
country, and Ih* *a*r«)ta at ntonoa. and to SoahU
the poftrty autektu aooa *l lb* No«b, by
A flood Education,
To ba Ih* nrebitrst of thrir own forlnn**. I wonld
ray lo Ibaaa parauta and fuorduMui nf ymith, wba
; hare no rradr inemna al comn-arH, that auitebU to-
dnlfenM will be franlad to *11 auab, ujx-a pronar
I maarar*** of fnturv paymmit,
Coma forward boya nod wort *nt annr r>wa tu-
dawntton aud Ant of your down iroddao eonolry.
fatowf jab h Ifcnowtt.u
Watch Notice.
Tbo *bvrapmltanar* haraby **UAad tk(U *b«U
Walfbea ha»# bars left wRb m*. bf Hr Onlmrrin,
for a# if ary. and <t not anltod for within 80 dan*
from thfo rW> I bar will ba aold for rspoiax
Fein nmy *7ib, lo<;8 4l
U C. PARKEBOOB.