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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 YOU. IV. —NO. 5.. 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'-’ : f Concluded on Fourth j/agc J