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THE DAWSON WEEKLY .JOURNAL
Jlatoson tSttwklj lonnial,
Pablirhcd Every Thursday.
n.lMS—Strictly in .tdvance.
Three months DO 75
Six months...., $1 25
One year #2 00
•iiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiMiiMMUiiiniiiiHiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitii
Legal Advertising.
Sheriff’s Sale«, per levy, $2 50
Mortgage Fi Fa Sales per square 6 00
Citations for Letters of Administration, 3 00
** “ “ •uardianship, 300
Dismision from Apministratioo 6 00
“ “ Guardianship, 4 00
Application for leave to sell land fi 00
Sales of Land, per square, 5 00
Salas of Perishable Property per squ’r, 3 00
No'ices to Debtors and Creditors, 3 60
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, 2 00
FiStray Notices, thirty days, 4 00
Job 91'ork of every description exe
cutedwith neatness and dispatch, at moderate
rates.
RAIL -ROAD GUIDE.
Noiilliwestcrit Railroad.
WM. BOLT, Pres. | VIRGIL TOWERS, Sup
Leave Macon 5.15 A. if. ; arrive at Colum
bus 11.15 A. if.; Leave Columbus 12.45 P.
M. ; arrive at Macon fi.2o P, if.
Leaves Maceu 8 A if; arrives at Eu
faula 5 80, P M ; Leaves Enfuula 7 20, A M ;
Arrives at Macon 4 50, P M.
AI.IIANY liRANCH
Leaves Smithville 1 4fi, P M ; Arrives at
Albany 3 11, PM ; Leaves Albany SI 35, AM;
Airives at Smithville 11, A M.
I,eat Cuthbevt 3 57 P. M. ; arrive at Fort
Q,i : i.. it/ P. .1/ ; Leave Fort Grins 7.06 A
m. ; ,r.:v• J Culhtiert 51.05 A. if.
*.i , ierti <V Alluntic Kitilrond.
E. HULIIEIST, Sup’t.
DAY PABSKNGEU TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . . 845A. M.
Leave Dalton .... 2.30 P. M.
Arrive at. Chattanooga . . 5.25 P. M.
Leave Chattanooga . - 3.20 A. M.
Anna at Atlanta . . . 12.06 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta . . • 7 00 T. M.
Arrive at Chattanooga . . 4.10 A. M
Leave Chattanooga . . 4.30 P. M.
Arrive at Dalton . . . 7-50 P. M.
Artive at Atlanta . . . 1.41 A. M.
CS.av^.
c. B. WOOTEN. R W. DAVIS.
WOOTEN & D&¥i3,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
jZmrso* i, Ga.
Ror124 18H8 lv
LEVI C. lIOYL,
* attorney at law,
Dawson, - - - - On.
1 \ T ILL Draclico in the Feveral Courts of
▼ Y L-iw and Equity in this S«a - ,e hnd the
Circuit Courts of thr Utilled Srates for the
S'ate of Georgia. Also, attenii n given to
COMMISSION in BANKRUPTCY.
LAW FIRM.
W G PARKS, | VABON & DAVIS,
Dawson, Ga. Albany, Ga.
HAVING asioeiatrd ourselves together in
the practice of Law, we will be thnuk
llil for patronage, and will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to our care,
dec3,lß6B—fira
MEDICAIj CARD.
DR. J. A. JACKSON,
PKKViAxr.NTI.V located in I>.nv9on, respect
fully tenders liis Professional Services to the
people of Dawson and country. 1n-
Ftructcd in tin* most eminent Colleges and hospi
tals, both North and South, and having over
throe years practical experience; one year of
which was under the immediate, observation of a
skillful Physician, lie hopes to merit and receive
a liberal share of patronage. Office at Loyless 5
Drug (Store, where he can be found at all hours,
when not professionally engaged; except at
night, when he can be found at his residence, op
posite Col. Harpers.
/)«WBi)U, Ga., febPtiO-ly
.1.0. S. Sill IT 11,
GUNSMITH
.t.ro .’ti.tciu.% mst
DAWSON, : : ; Georgia.
Keeps constantly on hand a well selected
stock of Guns, Pistols, Caps, Cartridges and
Araunitimi of all description.
Also Repairs all kinds of Guns, Pistols, sow*
ing J/achtues, etc., etc. Feb 11 ’O9 ly.
T. J. PRATT, J. B. CRIM
PRATT A CRIM,
DRY GOODS AND
Grocery Merchants,
ftUVSOS, - - (iEOKGIA.
IIBERAL advances made on Cotton
-e shipned to our correspondents in 'avan
nah and Baltimore. ocl22’ftß;y*
R R
PROPRIETOR. \
(garrard house]
BYINTUON’S HOTEL.
(Opposite The Passenger Depot.)
WACOM, - - CEOKUIA.
HPHIB well known Hotel is now conducted
A by the Sodb of the late J. L. Byingion,
who was so well known throughout the State
lor keeping a good Hotel. fcblß,ißCy
GL BERN D,
Manufacturer
AND
Wholsale Si Retail dealer in
SADDLES, HARNESS,
AND
Saddlery Hardware.
YY/'E would again call the attention of
v V Planters and A/erehants to our supe
rior Stock and increased facilities for ■he
manufacture of everything in our line, com
prising—
Ladies’, Mens’ and Hoys’ Saddles,
Carriage, Buggy and Team Harness,
Collars, Bridles, Saddle Blankets,
Horse Covers, W'hips, <fcc\, &e ,
Superfine Buggy 11 bes.
A varietv of E.cat lier constantly kept on
band, as Patent AYinmt’led, Dclting, Luce,
Upper and Calf-kins.
Also, Enameled Duck and Drilling,
All widths of made to order.
Planters and customers,
knowing we can and will offer you actual in
ducements in quality and price, we would re
quest you to call and examine our Stock at
41 Third Street, before purchasing elsewhere.
AVTunted,
Eli<!<>*, Skill* and E.'iir* of all kinds;
also, Wool, 3/089 and Tallow.
J/iicon,Ga., December 17;6m
IE3-A. I!R ID 7
TIIN FASHIONABLE
TAILOR & CLOTHIER
OF MAC OF, GA,
I!;i* Coats B*2l sit* nit<fl Vests
MADE TO ORDER, out of the best French
Goods, from 15 to 20 per cent. less
triau any establishment in the city.
BEADY-MADE CLOTHING
LATEST STYj/KS AT
T’opnla.r Prices,
tlicrry St.,
Next door to Havens & RrowrFs News Depot
and Ellis’ Drug Stoie.
decl7V»BHm C. Bg. B ÜBUb Ag’t.
LIVE ME A CHANCE
TO SERVE YOU WITH
FRESH GROUND FLOUR,
OF AT.L QUALITIES,
SHOUTS,
BRAN,
MEAL,
GRITS,
STOCK FEED, fcc.
J.I.ISES Si. ISSUE
YY’ould respectfully inform his old friends
V v and Ibe public in general, that, having
leased Mr. T. C. NISLET’S
MACON MILLS,
(Retter known as the “Rock Mills,”)
ITe has put the same in complete and thor
ough running order, and is now prepared to
furnish the merchants and house keepers of
J/acon, Middle and Southwestern Georgia,
with everything in his line, in any quantity
desired, oft the most reasonable terms.
His experience in the d/illing Business, to
n-ether with the satisfaction with which lie
lias served them in the past, lie thinks enti
tles him to a share of public patronage, which
he solicits, and which he will use every exer
tion to serve. A trial is all he asks.
febll;3m
BOOKS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!
AT PUBLISHERS PRICES.
FROM 10 CEJTTS TO $ 10.
And sent by 3/ail, free of Postage.
BOORS of Games, Tricks, Riddles and
Puzzles.
BOOKS on Etiquette and Usages of So
ciety
BOOKS on Love, Courtship, and Jhrri
age. _
BOOKS on Foitune Telling, Dreams and
3/agic.
BOOKS on Letter Writing, Talking and
Debating.
Move!*, Prize Romances, Song and Joke
Books.
ANY BOOK that is asked for, no matter
what kind, where published, where you sue
it advertised, or if not advertised at all. The
Books are arranged in Lists. Give the kind
of Book you waut, and a list with prices, will
be sent by return mail. Address 0. 11. Wr IL~
COX, General Agent., No. 11 Peachtree St.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Arrangements have been made with hous
es in every branch of Trade and Business in
the United States.
Importers, Manufacturers, Inventors,
Bub Ushers, Oeultrs , Etc.
By which Anything , Everything , that
can be, found ANYWHERE, can be
/urutshed.
In an Agency of this kind, where the wants
of so many different persons are to be sup
plied there must necessarily be many things,
required that cannot be advertised, and
which a.. l m furnished except on special
applied ion Vo person, male or female,
need have the te hesitation in wilting for
JUST WHAT THEY 'VAST.
Descriptive circulars of NSW and useful
inventions. Patent Medicines, Books, En
•'laviogs, Photograpes, Music, Ac., sent free
to any address. . feb 11; 1 y
PLANTERS’ HOUSE
BAD AND RESTAURANT.
Adjoining Passengrr shed and opposite
Brown’s and Byington’s Hotel.
P. UIcI.YTYRE, Proprietor.
I t ike pleasure in anonneing to my friends and
the public eeuaraly. Hint I am now prepared to
iurnslh Meals at all hours: eonsisthig of /'tab,
Oysters, Hum, Eggs and sm-h luxuries as H«
..minis. Orders for Suppers aud partu
purfVtualy attended To. Confetionarles and Wmrs
furuinhop mi uiowt reasoubte terms.
Jan Hth 3hwv
DAWSON, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1800.
J W. CLAYTON. VI. 11. UOIKIERB.
J. W. CLAYTON & CO.,
GROCERS AND
Commission Merchants,
(Opposite McNaught, Ormond & Go.,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, «a.
We keep a full stock of all Goods usually
found in a Grocery Store. Orders and Con
sign Jieuta solieted. Satisfaction guaranteed,
j an 14—3 m
J. Si HOLBROOK'S
Thrice Current
FOE
FUR*, FOR I*oo.
Ist 2d Sd 4ill qual
Bear *4 00 .. .$3 00-’s2 00 $1 'll)
tfter ... 800 ... 200.. 100 50
ink 2 50 1 75 1 00 25
Beaver. ...1 50 ... 1 00 50 25
Red Fox 75 50 25 00
Gray “'<....86 20 15 10
Goon 20 15 10 05
Mask Rat.. 15 10 08 03
Wild Cat 25 20 15 10
House Cat 12$ 10 08 05
Opossum 10 08 05 03
Skunk 80 20 15 10
Habit 25 cents per dozen.
J. Rfl. HOLBROOK,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Fur siitc! Wool EE sals.
OK ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
WHITE HALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GA.
jan!4:3m
Saddlery and Harness Emporium.
G. C* ROGERS,
On the S'He of the Old Theatre , and opposite
Untied States Hotel ,
DECATUI ST. ATLANTA , GA.
Convenient to the Passenger Depot. Pri
ces will be found more reasonable and Stock
more comple’e than any in the city. Also,
all kinds ol Harness and Skirting Leathers.—
Also, Enameled Leathers and Cloths constant
ly on hand, wholesale and Retail.
C UUU AGIIS AAI>
Ruby (’fringes, Forking Hprscß, and /fuggy
Umbrellas, of the most approved style and finish,
on hand and made to order. jiuiH-ly
FURMTURE.
E. P.TAYLOR,
21 AB3 Cotton Avknue, 81 &83
JVTacon, Ga.
KEEP always on hand all kind* of fine
and plain I'lirnll lire, Mahogany,
Walnut and fancy painted gets, Bedsteads,
Chairs, Tables, J/jttrr sses, spring Beds,
Hair cloth, looking Glass plates, all six -a,
Gilt and fancy moufdiugs, and all articles
usually kept in a first class Furniture Ware
house. All articles sold by us guaranteed to
be as lepresented. Orders promptly fi.led,
as low as if purchased in person.
juul4;3m
LIQUORS! LIQUORS!
Jl. tv. O't OttOii.
Successor to Home & Co.‘
Mo. GO, Cherry St, JTIACOM «a.,
Has on hind
A CHOICE STOCK OF WHISKEY,
\LL grades, from a good common to the
purest and in the market.
Also, pure Brandy, Gin, Rum, and Wine,
of all grades, all of which can be purchased
LOW FOR CASH.
FLOUR—Equal to the best, at the lowest cash
price.
PLEATING POTATOES—A large stock.
Early Goodrich, Peach Blow,
Early Pink-Eye, Chill Red.
TOBACCO—Ping and Fine-Cut, cheap and
good. Tobacco has advanced, but he
will sell at old prices.
He is now receiving a large stock of Teas,
Green and Black; Coffee, Sugar, Molasses
and syrup, of vaiious grades; vine
gar, both Apple and Wine;ull of
which he will sell at a small margin over cost.
SOAPS—He has a large and varied lot of Fan
cy Toilet and common Soaps, which he setts
to the trade a Philadelphia Prices
FRUIT AND CAN GOODS.
A fine lot of Box Oranges, Lemons, Ap
ples, Nuts of all grades; Peaches, Toma f oeu,
Green Corn, Peas. Beans, Oysters, Sardines,
Raisins, Currants, Horse Raddish, Swamp
Cranberries and Hollaud Herring, Nplit Peas,
Starch, Bluing, and, in fact, everything that
is usually kept by a first-class Grocer.
BACON.
He has jus, received a few boxes of Clear
Ribbed Sides, which he offers low. Also,
Pickled Beef, Pickled Pork, English Break
last Bacon, Bologne Sausage, Bulter and
Liard.
He will sell all of the above very low for
cash, aud those who give him a trial he is
sure to please,
IST Gall soon, and call often.
JNO. W. O'CONNOR,
j all 14 —oneyrw
THOMAS WOOD,
(NEXT DOOR TO LANTEIt HOUSE,)
Macon, - - Ga.
DEALER IN
fine mum,
Chairs, Mattresses, Feathers, Carpets, Win
dow Shades, Wall Piper, Ac. Parlor Setts
in Reps and Hair Cloth, Bedroom Setts in
Mahogany and Walnut, A'aamcled Cottage
Sells, cheap, Ac., Ac.
risk's Mela lie Burial Cases,
and Full Glass Gaskets—Coffins in Rost-
Wood, Mahogany, Walnut, Cedar and Paint
ed r.ff Prices to suit the times. dec3sm
brown house
E. B. BltOWff & SOM,
Fourth St., Opposite Passenger Depot,
' Macon, Georgia.
1 rpillS House having lately been refitted
1 and repaired, and is now one of the best
! Hotels in the Slate, aud the most conve
| nic nt in the city. The table is supplied with
everything the market affords. tcblS’O*
Dawson Business Directory,
Dry Goods ML*reliant*.
KIjTNUK. JACOB, Dealer in all
kinds ol Dry Goods, Main street.
KIJTNER. I-:., Dealer it. Faney and
Staple Drv Goods, aud Groceiies, Bald
wiosold stand, J/aiu Street.
IOVI.UhS & GKimN, Dealers
U in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, also
Warehouse and Commission AAjicbants,
Afain Street,
IIcKESISiy A CKAUt’ll, Dealers
Liu Fancy and .Staple Dry Goods, J/jiu
Si, At Reddicks old stand.
OKI it, W.*F. Dealer in Fancy and sta
ple Dry Gnu,ls, Mam at., under ‘‘Jour
nal’’ Printing Office.
|>RAT”9’A WISE T 9, Dealers in all
a kinds ol Dry Goods and Groceries. Main
Street.
lAlal'Jl'i.SaTi, \V. 11., Dealer ik a pis
and Fancy Dry Goods, Loyless’ Block,
•lain street.
Grocery IBerrlituils.
\ UTII lalC, S. It., Dealer in Groceries
/laud Family Supplies. A/ain Street.
I,’FI- f D.\, .9. ,1., Dealer in Bacon,
I Flour, Meal aud Provisions generally, at
Sharpe & Brown’s old stand, Main st.
LM GN I’ ’I »V Ail AII I**!, Deal rs
I in Groceries and Provisions, opposite
/’ublic Square, Main st.
/T REIIIt & SIMMONS, G.ocery
\ 9 and Provision Dealeis, South side 7Jub
lic Square.
HOOO, ft. 85., Dealer in Groceries and
Family supplies generally, next door to
Journal” Office, Main st.
\ I WiSlil.l., It. C’. tV C’o. Grocery and
a” 3 /-Vovisimt dealers. Next door to the 110
tel Main Street.
COjCFECTionjeRIES.
n KHAIiIIMtT, !>.*. Dealer in
I V Confectionaries, Fish, Oysters, &e Main
Street.
i All C'lA’l’ll A TI, U. A., Duiggistand
vA A’hy.-ieian. Keeps a good supply of
Drugs and Medicines, and prescribes for all
rhe ills that flesh is heir to. At his old stand,
the Red Ding Store, Main st.
f*H&SICXAIIS.
|)FR RIM AM, Or. .9. 1.. D. Praq
-1 ticintr Physician and Surgeon. Office
over S. if. S.esel & Bro’s, Dawson, Ga.
Watch Repairer.
A I.LEN, JOtINi i»., will repiiTr
f V Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, if u-ic Books,
Acco dions, &c , always to lie found at his
old stand, on North side of 7’ublic Square.
(allllMllitll.
Q.TIITH, .1 O sT, Dealer in Guup,
kJ Capp, Cartridge.- - , and sporting
goods generally, Main st.
. TIYSIIOI*.
So S3 It*, It. .1. Dealer in Stoves nnd r|'iu
ware of all desorptions. Renalring done
on short notice. Northeast side Public square
Uvery Stables.
TT’A ItMI'.TI SSI llt I*ll & Cos., Sale
I and Livery Stable, Horses and Mules for
sale and hire Horses boarded. North side
Public Square.
Boot anti Mice Shop.
{A I’ JI Y 10 Y. IS. fi'\, Makes and repairs
k Hoots and Shoes of all kinds, at Andrews
k Miller’s Harness Shop, Depot st., Dawson.
Georgia dome Insurance Cos,,
OF COI. EMBUS, G.l.
INCORPORATED \ CAPITAL
I§s». ) $350,00©
HHHIS Companv makes a
1 ing Parlicipatinff I*oWWe* on
Dwellings, whereby tlie insured receive a
share in the profits without incurring any
liabilitv. Apply to S. R. WESTON, Ag’t,
mrir6f-3m Dawson, Ga.
0. A. CHEATHAM,
General Commission Merchant,
Dawson, Georgia.
W ILL buy on tlie best terms possible, anything
Iho planters need, or sell lor the Merchants,
anything they have to sell.
Cotton bought and sold ou commission,
march 11-’M-ly
Now on hand and to arrive 20casks clear Ribbed
Sides which will 1h- sold low for cash.
C. A. OUEATIIAM.
INAUGURATED AT LASTF
New Harness Manufactory
ijt oai\vso+v, o.t.
r subscribers would respectfully call
A the attention of the public generally, to
the fact, that they will make anil keep on
hand, aii kinds of MM*t arid will
sell ihem as cheap as they can be had in any
market. Our woik is all made of the best
material, and made by baud and not machine.
Old Harness aud Saddles repaired on short
notice.
AI%I>RJEWS & FILLER.
Dawson, Ga., A/arch 11, 1869—1 y
nuTiinnl
OISJ TIME!
are now prepared to furnish
vjr w Planters supplies of all krmls, ON
TIME, at reasonable rates, for ap
proved paper.
JOHNSON, CAMPBELL & CO.
Macon, Ga , March 11,’69 —-ua
Fresidtut Johnson's Valedictory.
Farewell Ad J rent of the Retiring Freni
dent to the People of the United States.
REVIEW OF Tit K CLOSING ADMINISTRATION
The Poliey el llrtt Rail, &e.
To the People of the United States :
The rob- of office, by constitutional
limitation, this day ful’s ftotn tny shoul
ders, to bo immediately assumed by
my successor. For him the forbear
ance and cooperatives of the Ameri
can people, ill all his eff.itts to admin
ister the government within the pule
of the Federal Constitution, are sin
cerely invoked. Without ambition to
gratify, party ends to subserve, or per
sonal quarrels to evengo tit the sacri
fice of the peace and welfare of the
country, my earnest desire is to see
the Constitution as defined and limit
ed by the fathers of the republic, again
recognized and obeyed af the supreme
law of the land, and the w hole peop'e
—North, South, East and West—
prosperous and happy under its wise
provisions.
In surrendering the high office to
which J was c:i!i»d four yours ugo, at
a memorable and teriible etisis, it is
my privilege, I trust, to say (o the
people of the United Mates a few part
ing words, in vindication of an official
course so ceaselessly assailed and as
aspersed by political leaders, to whose
plans and wishes my policy to restore
the Union has been obnoxious In a
period of difficulty and turmoil almost
without precedent in the history ot any
people, consequent upon the closing
scenes of a great rebellion and the as
sassination of the then President, it
was perhaps too much, on my part, to
expect of devoted partisans, who rode
on the waves of excitement which tit
that time swept all before them, that
degree of toleration and magnanimity
which 1 sought to recommend and en
lorce, and which J believe in good
time would have advanced us infinite
ly farther on tho road to permanent
peace and prosperity than we have
thus far attained. Doubtless, had I,
at the commencement of tny term of
office unhesitatingly lent its powers or
perverted them to purposes and plans
“outside the Constitution,” and become
an instrument to schemes of confisca-
tion and ol general and oppressive dis
qualifications, I would have been hailed
as till that, was true, loyal and discern
ing—as the reliable head of a party,
whatever 1 ought have been us the
Executive of the nation. Unwilling,
however, to accede to propositions of
extremis's, and bound to adhere, at
every hazard, to tny oath to defend the
Constitution, I need not, perhaps, be
surprised at having iritt the fate of
others whose only reward for uphold
ing constitutional light and law have
been ti e consciousness of having at
tempted to do their duty, and the
culm and unprejudiced judgment ol
history.
At the time a mysterious Providence
assigned lo mo the office of President,
I was by the terms of the Con-dilution,
the Commander-in Chief of nearly a
million of men under arms. One of
my first acts whs lo disband and re
store to the vocations of civil life this
immense host, and to oivesl myself, so
far as 1 could, of the unparalleled pow
ers then incident to the office and the
times. Whether or not, in this step, I
was right, and how far deserving the
approbation of the people, all can now,
on reflection, judge, when reminded of
the ruinous condition of jtjblia aflairs,
that must have resulted from the con
tinuance in the military service of such
a vast number of men.
The close of our domestic conflict
found the army eager to distinguish
itself in anew field, hy an effort to
punish European intervention in Mexi
co. By many it was believed and
urged, that aside from the assumed
justice of the proceeding, a foreign
war, in which both sides would cheer
fully unite to vindicate the honor of
the National L’lag, and further illus
trate the National prowess, would be
the surest and speediest way of awak
ening National enthusiasm, reviving
devotjon to the Union, and occupy a
force concerning which, grave doubts
existed as lo its willingness, after four
years of notire campaigning, at once
to return to the active pursuits of
peace. Whether these soeculations
were true or false, it will be conceded
that they existed, and that the pfedi
lections of the army were, for the time
bong, in the direction indicated Tak
ing advantage of this feeling, it would
have been easy, as the Comrnander-in-
Cbief ot the army and navy, and with
all the power and patronage of the
Presidential office at my disposal, to
turn theconeentratod military strength
of the Nation against French interfer
ence in Mexico, and to inaugurate a
movement which would have been re
ceived with favor by the military an ]
a large portion of the | eople
It is proper, in this connection, that
I should refer to the almost unlimited
additional powers tendered to the Ex
ecutive by the measures - relating to
civil rights and the Freedmen’s Bu
reau. Contrary to most precedents in
the experience of publi t tnen, the pow
ers thus placed within my gra-p were
declined, as in violation of the Consti
tution, dangerous to the liberties of
the peop’e, and tending to aggravate,
rather tt an lessen, the discords natu
rally resulting from our civil war.—
With a large army and augment and au
thority, it would have been no difficult
task to direct at pleasure the destinies
of ;he republic, and to make secure
my continuance in the highest office
known to our laws.
Let the people whom I am address
ing from the Presidential chair during
! the closing hours of a laboroua term,
con-ider tmw different would have
been their present condition had I
yielded to the dazzling temptation of
foreign conquest, of personal aggran
dizement., and the desire to wield ad
ditional jiower. Let Ilium with jus-*
tice consider that, if I have not undu
ly “magnified mine office," the public
burden* have not been increased by
my nets, and other and perhaps thou
sands or tens ol thousands of lives sac
rificed to visions c.i false glory.
Much ns I venerate the Constitution,
it must admitted that this condition
of affairs has developed a defeat which,
under the aggressive tendency of the
Legislative department of ttie Govern I
meut, may readily work its overthrow.
It may, however, be remedied, with
out disturbing the harmony of the in
strument.
-"he veto power is generally exer
cised upon constitutional grounds, and
whenever it is so applied and the bill
returned with the Executive reasons
for withholding hi* signature, it ought
to ho immediately certified to the Su
premo Court of the United States (or
its decision. If its constitutionality
shall he declared by that tribunal it
should then become a law ; lut if the
decision is otherwise, it should fail,
without power in Congress to re-enact
and tn»ko it valid.
In cases in which the veto rests upon
hasty and inconsiderate legislation,
and in which no constitutional ques
tion is involved, I would not change
the fundamental law; for in such cases
no permanent evil can he incorporated
into the Federal system.
It is obvious that without such an
amendment tho government, as it ex
isted under the Jonstiiution prior to
the rebellion, may bo wholly subverted
and ov, rthrown by a two thirds major
ity in Congress. It is not, theiefore,
diflicu’t to see tmw easily and how
rapidly the people may lose—shall I
not say have lost ?—their liberties by
an unchecked and uhcontrolable ma
jority in the law-making power, and
when once deprived of their rights,
how powerless they are to regain them.
Let us turn for a moment to the his
tory of tho majority in Congress which
has noted in such utter disregard ol
tho Constitution. While public ulten
tention bus been carefully and con
stantly turned to tho past and expiated
sins of the South, the servants of the
people, in high places, have boldly be
trayed their trust, broken their oaths
of obedience to tho Constitution, and
undermined the vety foundations of
liberty, justice, and good government.
When the rebellion was being sup
pressed by the volunteered services of
patriot soldiers amid the dangers of |
the battle-field, these men crept, with
out question, into place and power in
the national councils. After all danger
haL passed, when no armed foe re
imfliid, when a punished and repent-
qnt people bowed their heads to the
flag and renewed their allegiance to
the Government ot the United States,
thon it was that pretended patriots ap
peared before the nation, and began
to prate about tho thousands ot lives
and millions of treasure sacrificed in
the suppression of the rebellion. They
have since persistently sought to in
flame tbo prejudices engendered be
tween the sections, to retard the res
toration of peace and harmony, and.
by every means, to keep opien and ex
posed t“ the poisonous breath of party
passion the terrible wounds ot a four
years’ war. They have prevented the
return <d peace and the restoration of
the Union, in every way rendered do-
lusive the purposes, promises and
pledges by which the army was mar
shaled, treason rebuked, and rebellion
crushed, and made the liberties of the
people and the rights and powers of
the President of con tant attack. They
have wrested from the President his
constitutional power of supreme com
mand of the army and navy. They
have destroyed the strength and effi
ciency of the Executive Department, by
making subordinate officers iudepondent
of and able to defy their chief. They
have attempted to place the President,
under the power of a bold, defiaut and
treacherous Cabinet officer. They have
robbed the Executive of the prerogative
of pardon, rendered null and void acts
of clemency granted to thousands of per
sons under the provisions of the Consti
tution, aud committed gross usurpation
by legislative attempts to exercise this
power in favor of party adherents. They
have conspired to change the system of
our government by preferring oharges
against the President in the form of ar
ticles of impeachment, and contempla
ting, before hearing of trial, that be
should be placed in arrest, held in du
rance, and when it became their pleas
ure to pronounce his sentence, driven
from place and power in disgrace. They
have in time of peace increased the na
tional debt by a reckless expenditure of 1
the public money and thus added to the
burdens which already weigh upon the
people. They have permitted the na
tion to suffer the evils of a dertnged our
reDcy, to the enhancement ia price of
all the nccessatics of life. They have
maintained a large standing aruiv, for
the enforcement of their measurtsof op
preision. They have engaged in class
legislation, and built up aud encouraged
monopolies, Chat the few might bo en
riched at the expense of the many.
They have failed to set upon important
treaties, thereby endangering our pres
ent peaceful relations with foreign pow
ers.
Th?ir course of usurpation has not
been limited to iuroads upon the Exec
utive Department. By unconstitutional
and opfressive enactments, the people
of ten Slates of the Union have been
reduced to a condition more intolerable
than that from which the patriots of
the Kovi lution rebcllol. Millions of
American citizens can now say’ of their
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oppressors, with more truth than ourr
fathers did of Bmu.U tyrants, that they
havo “forbidden the governors to pass
laws of immediate and pressing impor
tance, unless suspended until their as
sent should be obtained;" that they
have “refused to pass other laws for the
accommodati nos large districts of peo
ple, unless those people would relinquisb
tho right of representation in the Legis
lature—a right inestimable to them and
formidable to tyrants only;’’ that they
have “made judges dependent upotr
their will alone for the tenure of their
offices and the amount and paymenttf
their salaries;” that they have “erected
a multitude of new offices, and scut
hither swarms of officers to harrass our
people aud eat out their substance;"'
that they have “affected to tender the
military iudepentent of and supe.ior to
I the civil power, '“combined with othets
to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to
our Constituliou and unacknowledged
Iby our laws,’’ “quarkred large bodies of
armed troops among ua,’’ “promoted
them by a mock trial front punishment
for any murder which they should com
mit on the inhabitant of these States," -
imposed -‘taxes upon us without our con
tent,” “deprived us in many cases of the l
benefit of trial by jury,” “taken away
our charters, excited and miestic insurrec
tion amongst us, akolished our most
valuable laws, altered fundamentally the
forms of our government, suspended our
own Legislatures, and declared them
selves invested with powor to legislate
for us in all cases whatsoever.
It cannot, therefore, be charged that.
my ambition has been of that ordinary
or criminal kind which, to the detri
mcntol the j c iplo’s tights and liberties,,
ever seeks to grasp more aud unwarrant
ed powers, and, to accomplish its pur
poses, panders too often to popular pr« jt
udices and party aims.
What, then, have been the aspira
tions which guided me in my otfiiialacts?
Those acts need not at this time an elab
orate explanation, 'they havs ben
elsewhere comprehensively stated and
fully discu saed, aud become a part of
tho nation’s iti-tor By them lam
willing to be judged, knowing that r
however imperfect, they at least show
to the impartial mind that my sole am
bition has been to restore the Union
of the states, faithfully to execute the
office of President, and, to the best of
my ability, to preserve, protect and de
fend the Constitution. I cannot becen
sured it my efforts have been impoded
in the interests of party faction, and if a
policy which was intended to reassure
and conciliate the people of both sections
of tho country was tmdo the occasion
of inti truing aud dividing still further
| those who, only reaently in arms agrinst
S oaoh other, yet, as individuals and citi
zens, were sincerely desirous, as I shall
ever believe, of burying ali hostile feel
ings in the grave of the past. The bit
ter war was waged on the part of the
part of the government to vindicate the
Constitution aud save the Union; and iff
I havo errod in trying to bring about a
more speedy and lastfugpeace, to extin
guish beart-burriings and enmities, and
to prevent troubles in the South which,
retarding material prosperity in that re
gion, it.juiiiusly ass. ct and the whole
c luntry, I am quite content to rest my
case with the more d.-liberate judgment
of the people, and, as I have already in
t in ited, with the distant future.
The war, all must remember, was at
stupendous and deplorable mistake.—
Neith r side understood the other, and
had this simple fact and its conclusions
been kej t in view, all that was needed
was accomplished by the acknowledg
ment of the teirible wrong, and tho ex
pressed bott<r feeling and earnest en
deavor at atonement shown aad felt
in the prompt ratification of constitu
tional amendments by the Southern
States at tiie close of the war. Nob
apeepting the war as a confessed falser
step on the part of those who inaugu
rated it, was an error which’ now only
t’rne can cure, and which even at thia
late da'o we shonld endeavor to palli
ate. Experiencing, moreover, as all
have done, the frightful cost of the ar
bitrament of the sword, let us in the
future cling closer than ever to the
Constitution as our only safeguard.—
It is to be hoped that not until the
burdens now pressing upon us with
such feat f'ul weight are removed will
our people forget the lessons of the
war; and that, remembering them
from whatever cause, peace between
sections aud States may be perpetual.
The history of late events in our
country, as well as of the greatest gov
ernments of ancient and modern times,
teaches that we have everything to
fear from a departure from the letter
and spirit of the Constitution, and the
undue ascendancy of men allowed to
assume power in what are considered
desperate emergencies. Sylla, on be
coming master of Rome, at once adopt
ed measure to crush his enemies and
to consolidate the power of Lis party.
Ho established military colonies
throughout Italy; deprived of the full
Roman franchise the inhabitants of
Italian to h its who had opposed his
usurpation ; confiscated their lands and
gave tlitm to hits soldiers; and con
ferted citizenship upon a great nunw
her of slaves belonging to those who
had proscribed him, thus creating at
Rente a kind of body gftard for his
protection After lo ving given Rome
over to slaughter, and tyrannized be
yond all example over tl;ose opposed
to him and the legions, hia terrible in
struments of wrong, SyJla could yet
feel safe in laying down the ensigns of
power so dreadfully abused, and in
mingling freely with the families and
friends of his myriad victims. The
fear which ho hail inspired continued
after his voloutury abdication, and
even in retiiement his will was law to 1
a people who had permitted them'-’
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