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The Great Speech of President John- oi
son. h
We published,Monday afternoon,a telegraph J
ic report of President Johnson’s great speech.
delivered at the Executive Mansion, on the S |
evening of the 22d, in response to resolutions u
adopted at an immense and enthusiastic meet- *
ing of citizens, held on the morning of the ,|
same day, at Washington ; but as that report (j
was necessarily curtailed and in some re- t
spects imperfect, we publish this morning a
correct version of the President’s speech,
copied from one of our exchanges. The prom-
inenee of the speaker and the great importance 0
of the questions discussed to the people of the e
South (will be a sufficient apology for devoting f
so much of our space to this speech, and the I
proceedings of other meetings in different parts f
of the country sustaining the Executive policy r
in opposition to the destructive measures of I
the Radical party. These proceedings bring *
words of good cheer to our suffering South. f
They indicate the popular will pud plain- |
ly show that strenuous efforts are being 1
made to break down the dominant, suicida'
policy of the Radicals and confer upon our peo
pie the rights to which they are entitled now
that the Union is restored. The proceedings of
meetings in Washington, New Tork and in
other parts of the country, sustaining the Pre
sident, will be found highly interesting, and
will be published as they come to band. We
publish a portion of them this morning.
The Great Speech of President
Johnson.
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AN IMMENSE GATHERING AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
AN EMPHATIC DEMONSTRATION FOR
THE UNION.
—
THE CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESERVED.
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The following is a report of the President's
address, at the Executive Mansion, Thursday
evening, 22d instant, in response to the resolu
tions adopted at the.citizen’s meeting :
On the procession reaching the Executive
_ Mansion, where an immense crowd had pre
ceded it, Mr. Feudal], the President ot the
meeting, and the following gentlemen of the
Committee, viz : Messrs. Wm. L. Hedge, Dr
John B Blake, Gbas. Knap, James Q. Barret
J, D. Hoover, Thos. B Florence, C. Wendell,
Jos. H. Bradley, J. 0. McGuire, Ward H. L.-
mon, Augustus E. Perry, John F. Coyle and
Wm E Spalding, preseuud to the President
the resolutions which had passed the meeting,
with a brief and perliuent address from Mr.
Kendall, in which he informed him that the
assembly had adjourned to the Presidential
Mansion to pay their respects to him. TVe
President was then formally conducted by Mr.
Fendall and the gentlemen named above, ac
companied bv Colonel O’Beirne, Colonel Reeves,
and others of bis household, to the front porti--
co, from whence—silence having been obtained
in the vast assemblage through the efforts of
the Hon. Green Clay Smith, who stood with
the President—lie addressed them as follows :
THE PRESIDENT’S SPEECH.
Fellow-citizens—for I presume I have the
right to address you as sucb—to the comrainee
who have conducted and organized this meet*
ingso far, I have to tender my sincere thanks
for the compliment and approbation they have
manifested in their personal address to mvstlf,
and in the resolutions they have adopted, [it
this point a fireman’s procession attracted the
attention of a portion of the crowd, and created
such a disturbance that the President was nu
able to proceed lot several miuutes Mr. Feu
dal!, Ohairmao of the Committee, in vain en
deavored to restore order. Hon. Green Clay
Smith then took the stand, and succeeded in
making himself heard, and in bringing the
crowd to something like silence.] The Presi
dent proceeded: Fellow-citizens, I was about
to tender my thanks to the Committee who
■waited upon me and presented rue with the
resolutions adopted on this occasion—resolu
tions, as I understand, complimentary to the
policy pursued by this Administration since it
came into power. I am free to say to you on
this occasion, that it is extremely gratifying to
me to know that, so large a portion of my fel
low—citissen a approve and endorse the policy
that has been adopted and is intended to be
carried out. [Applause.] That policy has
been one which was intended to restore the
gloriouß Union of these States to their original
relations to the government of the United
States. [Prolonged applause.]
WASHINGTON’S DAV.
This seems to he a day peculiarly appropri
ate for such a manifestation—the day that
gave birth to him that founded this govern
ment —the Father of his Country—of him who
stood at that period when all these States en
tered into this glorious Confederacy—[The
firemen’s procession again succeeded in crea
ting sufficient disturbance to make the Presi
dent, unable to be heard.] The President
good bumoredly remarked, “‘Don’t interfere
with them, they are right, and always were
right.”
He proceeded : This day, I say, is peculiar
ly appropriate to endorse the restoration of the
Union of these States, founded by the “ Father
of his Country.” Washington, whose name
this city bears, is embalmed in the heartß of
all who love free government. [A voiiv—
“So is Andrew Johnson .”] Washington, who,
in the language of one of bis eulogists, was
“first In peace, first in war, first in the hearts
of his countrymen.” No people can claim
him, no nation can appropriate him. His
reputation and love are commensurate with
the civilized world, with all those who love
free government.
I have recently visited the association which
is directing its efforts to the completion of tire
monument erected to his memory. I was proud
to meet them, and, so far as I could, to give
them my humble influence and patronage—a
monument being erected to him who founded
the government almost within a stone’s throw
of the spot from which I address you. Let it
be completed. [Cheers.] Let the pledges
which all these States, associations, and cor
porations, have placed in that monument of
their faith in and love for this Union be pre
served. Let it be completed. And in this
conutciion let me refer to the motto upon the
atone sent from my own State—God bless her
—[a voice, “and bless you”]—a State which
has struggled for the preservation of the Union
in the field and in the councils of the nation,
now struggling in embarrassment in conse
quence of the interruption that has taken place
with the Federal government growing out of
the rebellion, but struggling to renew her re
lations with the government, and take her stand
where she has stood since 1196. [Cheering ]
Let me, I say, repeat the sentimeot inscribed
upon the atone sent here to be placed in that
monument of freedom, and in commemoraiinn
of Washington. I stand by that sentiment,
and she is now willing to stand by it. It was
the sentiment enunciated by the immortal
Andrew Jackson, “The Federal Union, it must
be preserved.” Were it possible for that old’
man, who in statue is now before me, and iu
picture behind me, in the Capitol, to be called
forth, or were it possible for us to communi
cate with the illustrious dead, and he could he
informed of or made to understand the progress
and working of faction, rebellion aud treason,
the old man would turn over in his grave.
[Laughter and cheers.] He would rise, and
shaking off the habilimeuts of the tomb, stand
erect, and extending his long, bony finger,
would reiterate the sentiments he once spoke.
“The Federal Union, it must be preserved.”
THE EXTREMISTS—NORTH AND SOUTH.
But we see and witness what has transpired
sincSfbis day. We remember what ho did in
1832, when treason, treachery and infidelity
to the government and Constitution ot the
Uailed States then stalked forth. It was hi a
power and influence that went forth then and
crushed the treason in its infancy. It was
then stopped, but only for a lime.
The spirit continued ; there were men disaf
fected to the government both North and South
We had peculiar institutions of which some
complained and to which others were attached
One portion of our countrymen advocated that
institution in the South, another opposed it in
the North, and it resulted in creating two ex
tremes. One in the South reached the
at which th y were prepared to dissolve the
government of the United States, to secure and
preserve their “peculiar institution.” And in
what I may say on this occasion-I want to be
understood. There was another portion of our
countrymen who were opposed to this peculiar
institution in the South, and who went to the
extreme of being willing to break up the gov
ernment to get clear ot it. [Applause.] lam
talking to you to-day in the common phrase,
and assume to be nothing but a citizen, and
one who has been fighting for the Constitution
and to preserve the government. These two
parties have been arrayed against each oilier;
and I stand before you to day as I did in the
Senate in 1860, in the presence of those who
were making war on the Constitution, and who
wanted to disrupt the government, to denounce;
as 1 did th#n in my place, thoss who were so
engaged as traitors. I have never ceased to
repeat, and as far as efforts go to carry out, the
sentiments I then uttered. [Cheers.]
«IS CONSISTENT STAND AGAINST DISUNION.
I remarked that there were two parties, one
for destroying the government to preserve sla
very, and the other for breaking up the govern
ment to destroy slavery. The objects to be
accomplished were different, it is true, so far
as slavery is concerned, hut. they Agreed in ora
thing, and that waa the breaking up of tb>.
government They agreed in the tjqstruction
of the government, jfcft pnwise things* which I
have always stood up to oppose. Whether tne
disunionlst comes from.the South or from the
North, I stand now where I did then, to vin
dicate the Uoion of these States and the, Con
stitution of the country. [Applause.] The
rebellion, or treason, manifested itself in the
South ; I stood by the government. I said I
was for the Union with slavery, or I was for
the Union without slavery. In either alterna
tive I was for my government and the Consti
tution.
HIS SPIRIT TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
The government has stretched forth its
strong arm, and, with its physical power, has
put down treason in the held; yes, the section
of country which has arrayed itsell against the
government has been put down by the govern
ment itself. Now what had we said to those
people ? We said “no compromise; wo can
settle this question with the South in eight and
forty hours.” “How?” “Disband your ar
mies, acknowledge the Constitution of the
United States, obey the law, and the whole
question is settled.” Well, their armies have
been disbanded; they oome forward now, in a
spirit of magnanimity, and say, “we wore mis
taken ; we made an effort to carry out the doc
trine of secession and dissolye this Union; in
that we have failed, and, having traced this
thing to its logical and physical consequences
and results, we now again come forward and
acknowledge the flag of our country, obedience
to the Constitution, and the supremacy of the
law.” [Cheers ] I say, then, when you have
complied with the Constitution, when you have
yielded to the law, when you acknowledge
your allegiance to the government, I am ready
. to open the doors of the Union and restore you
to your old relations to the government of our
fatbere. [Prolonged applause.]
LENIBNOT AND FORGIVENESS THE TRUE POLIOV
Who, I ask, has suffered more for tho Union
than I have? I shall not now lepeat the
wrongs or sufferings inflicted upon me; but it
is not the way to deal with a whole people in
the spirit of revenge. I know there has been a
great deal said about the exercise of the par
doning power so far as the Executive is cous
cerned. There is no one who has labored
harder to have the principal, Intelligent, coo
pcious traitors brought to justice, to have the
law vindicated, and the great fact vindicated
t hat treason is a crime, than I who stand before
you tosday. Yet, while conscious, intelligent
traitors are to be punished, should whole States,
communities and people be made to submit to
and hear the penalty of death ? I have, per
haps, as much hostility and as much resent
ment as a man ought to have, but we should
conform our action and our conduct to the
example of Him who founded our holy religion
—not that I would liken this to it, or btitig any
comparison, fori am not going to detain you
long. But, gentlemen, I came into power un
der the Constitution of the country and by the
approbation of the people Arid what did 1
find ? I found eight millions of people who
were in fact condemned under the law, and the
penalty was death. Under the id?a of revenge
and resentment they were to be annihilated
and destroyed. O, how different this from the
example set by the holy founder of our religion
whose divine arm touches the horizon and era
braces the whole earth. Yes, Ho who founded
this great scheme came into the world and
found our race condemned under the law and
the sentence was death. What was His ex
ample ? Instead of putting the world or a
nation to death, He went forth with grace and
attested by His blood and His wounds that He
would die and let the nation live. Let them
repent, and lot them acknowledge their allegi
ance ; let them become loyal and willing sup
porters and defenders of our glorious “stripes
and stars” and the Constitution of our counlty;
let their leaders, the conscious, intelligent
traitors, suffer the penalty of the law, but for
the great mass, who have been forced into this
rebellion and misled by tbeir leaders, I say,
leniency, kindness, trust and confidence. [En
thasiastic cheers.]
THE SECCNIr REBELLION.
But,, mv countrymen, after having passed
through the rebellion, and given sucti evidence
as I have—though men croak a great dtal
about it now, [laughter]—when I look back
through the battle-fields and ses many of
these brave men, in whose companv I wag, in
localities where the contest was most difficult
and doubtful, before the smoke of battle has
scarcely passed away, before the bloodshed lms
scarcely congealed, what do we find? Tbc re
bellion is put dowu by the strong arm of the
government in the field ; but is that the only
way i i whi&ih we can have rebellion? Tli-y
struggled for the breaking up of your govern
msnt, but, before they are scarcely out of too
battle-dield, and before our brave men have
scarcely returned to their homes, to renew the
ties of affection and love, we find onrieives al
most in the midst of another rebellion. [Ap
plause.] The war to suppress one rebellion
was to prevent the separation of the States, to
prevent them from flying off, and therebv
changing the character of the government, and
weakening its power. Now, what is tho strug
gle? There is an attempt to concentrate the
power of the government iu the hands of the
tew, aud thereby bring about a consolidation
which is equally dangerous and objectionable
with separation. [Enthusiastic applause.]
We find that powers are assumed and attempt
ed to be exercised of a most extraordinary
character. Whit ate they?
THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTION OF THE RADICALS
IN CONGRESS-
. We fmd thftt, goverouientgean be revolution
ized, chii be changed, without going into the
battlefield. Sometimes revolutions, the most
disastrous to the people, are effect d without
! the shewing of blood. The substance of gov
ernment may be taken away, while the form
and shadow is still adhered to. Now, what
are the attempts? What is being proposed?
We find that, in fact, by an irresponsible, cen
tral directory, nearly all the powers of govern
ment are assumed, without even consulting the
legislative or executive departments of govern,
ment. Yes I and by a resolution reported by
a committee, upon whom all the legislative
power of the government has been conferred,
that great principle in the Constitution, which
authorizes and empowers each branch of the
legislative depaitment, the Senate and House
of Representatives, to he the judges of the
election and qualification of its own members,
has been virtually taken away from those de
partments of government., and conferred upon
a committee, who must report before they can
act under the Constitution, and allow members
duly elected to take their seats. By this rule
they assume that there must be laws passed,
that there must be recognition in respect to a
State io the Union, with all its practical.rela
tions restored, before the respective houses-of
Congress, under the Constitution, shall judge
of the election and qualification of i's o\ n
members. What position is that ? You have
berm struggling for four years to put down the
rebellion. You denied in the beginning of the
struggle that any State had the right to go out;
you said that they had neither right nor power.
The issue has been made, and it has been set
tled that a State has neither the right nor the
power to go out of the Union ; and w’hen vcu
have settled that by the executive and military
power of the government and by the public
judgment, you 'urn round and assume that
they are out, and shall not come in. [Laugh
ter and cheers ]
HIS OWN POLICY.
I am free to say to you, as your Executive,
that I am not prepared to take any such posi
tion. 1 said in the Senate, in the very iucop
tion of the rebellion, that Slates had no right
to go out, that they had no power to go out.
That question has been settled, and I cannot,
turn round now, and give the lie direct to all I
profess to have done in the last five yeatr.
[Laughter and applause.] I can do no such
thing I aay that when they comply with the
Constitution, when they have given sufficient
evidence of their loyalty and that they can be
trusted, when they yield obedience to’the lavr
I say extend to them (he right hand of tellow
ship, and-lot peace aod Union be restored
[Loud cheers.]
HIS OPINION OF SUMNER, STEVENS & CO —HE
DOESN’T MEAN TO BE BULLIED
But then, gentlemen, as we swing round the
circle. I have fought traitors and treason in
the South ; I opposed the Davises, the Toombs,
the Slidelis and a loug list of others, whose
names I need not repeat, and now, when I
turn round, at the other eud of the line, I find
men, I care not by what name you call them,
[a voice, ‘‘call them traitors,”] who will standi
opposed to the restoration of the Union of these
States, and I am free to say to you, that
lam still for the preservation of this com
pact ; I am still for the restoration of
this Union ; I am still [in favor of this great
government of ours going on and following out
its destiny. [A voice— “ Give us t.ie Dame- ”]
A gentleman calls for the names; well suppose
I should give them. [A voice—“We know
them.”] I look upon them, I repeat it, a;
President or citizen, as much opposed to the
fundamental principles of this government, and
believe they are as much laboring to pfbvent
or destroy them as were the men who lought
against ns [A voice—“ What are the names?”]
I say Tbaodens Stevens, of Pennsylvania
['remendons applause;] I sayUharles Sum
ner, [great appladse;] Isay Wendell Phil
lips, and others of the same stripe, are amongst
them. [A voice—“ Give it to Fm-ney.”]
Some gentleman in the crowd says “ Give it
to Forney.” I have only just to say that Ido
not waste my ammunition upon dead cocks
[Laughter and applause.] I stand for my
country, I stand for tbe Constitution, where I
placed my feet from my advent into public
life. They may traduce me, they may slander
me, they may vituperate; but let me say to
you that it has no effect upon me. [Cheers T
ADd let me say, in addition, that I do not in
tend to- be overawed by reason of pretended
friends, nor do I intend to be bullied by my
enemies. [Applause, and a cry of “ The peo
ple will sustain you ”]
HIS FAITH IN THE HASSES OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.
I know, my countrymen, that it has been iu
sjuuated—and not only insinuated,but di
rectly—(the intimation has been given Iu high
places)—that if such a usurpation of power had
been exercised two hundred years, in a par
ticular reign, it would have cost a certain in
dividual liis head. What usurpation has An
drew Johnson been guilty of t- [“None ! v
•‘none I”] The usurpation I have been guilty
of has always been standing between the peo
ple and the encroachments of power ; and be
cause I dared say in a conversation wifb a
fellow -cftizen and aßenatof. ttiorl thought
amendments to the Constitution ought not to
be so frequent; that their effect would be that
it would lose all its prestige and dignity ; that
the old instrument would be lost sight of in a
small time ; because I happened to say in a
conversation that, if it was amended, such and
such amendments should he adopted, it was a
usurpation of power that would Lave cost a
king his head at a certain time. [Laughter
and applause ] Aud, in connection with this
subject, it was explained that we were iu the
midst of earthquakes, that they trembled and
could not yield. Yes, there is ap earthquake
coming, there is a ground swell earning of
popular judgment and indignation. [“That’s
true.” | The American people will speak by
their instincts, and they will know who are
their friends and who their enemies.
HIS RECORD.
What positions have I occupied? I have oc
cupied all positions under this government, be
ginning with an alderman and running through
all branches cf the legislature. [A voice—
“ From a tailor up.”] Some gentleman says I
have been a tailor. [Tremenduous applause.]
Now, that did not discomfit me iu the least,
for when I used to be a tailor 1 had the reputa-
tion of being a good one, and of making close
fita_[great laughter]—always punctual with
my customers, and always did good work.—
[A voice—“No patchwork.”] No, I do not
want any patch work; I want a whole suit.—
But we will pass by this little facetiousness.
My friends may say, “You are President, and
you must not talk about such things ” When
principles arc involved, my countrymen, when
the existence of my country even is imperilled,
I will act as 1 have on former occasions, and
speak wbat I think. I was sayinar that I had
held nearly all positions,from alderman, through
both branches of Congress, to that which I now
occupy, aud who is there that will say Andrew
Johnson ever made a pledge that he did not
. redeem? or rn >de a promise that he did not ful
' All? Who will say he has ever acted otherwise
than in fidelity to toe great mass of the people?
They may talk about beheading and usurpa
’ tion, but when lam beheaded I want the Ame
' rican people to be the witnesses. I do not
want by inuendoes, by indirect remarks in high
. places, to see the man who has assassination
1 brooding in his bosom exclaim, “ThisPreei
dential obstacle must be gotten out of the
| way.’’ I make use of a very strong expression
• when I say that I have no doubt the intention
' was to incite assassination, and so get out of
the way “ the obstacle” from p ace and power
I Whether by assassination or not, there are in
dividuals iu this government, I doubt not, who
* want to destroy cur institutions end change
II the character of the government Are they
' not satisfied with one murder we have had ?
Does not the murder of Lincoln appease the
vengeance and wrath of ttie opponents of this
government? Are they still uuslaked ? Do they
, still want, more blood ? Have they not got
! honor and courage enough to attain their ob
! jects o'herwise than by the hands of the assas
! sui? [-No! no!”]
HIS VIEWS ON ASSASSINATION.
I am cot afraid of assassins attacking me
where a brave and courageous man would attack
another. I cub dread him when he would go
in disguise, his footsteps noiseless. If it is
blood they want, let them have courage enough
to strike like men. I know they are willing to
wound, but they are afraid to strike. [Ap
plause.] If my blood is to he shed because I
viudicaie the Union and the preservation of
this government in its original purity of .char
acter lot it be shed ; but when it is sbed, let an
aliar to the Union be erected, and then, if it is
necessary, take me aud lay me upon it, and the
blood that uow warms and animates my exist
ence shall be poured out as a last libation of
tribute to the Union of these States, [Great
applause ] But let the opponents of this gov
ernment remember that when it is pouied out,
“ the blood of the martyr will be the seed of
the Church.” [Cheers ]
A CONVERSATION WITH MB. LINCOLN—THE LATE
president’s views on beconstrcction.
Gentlemen, this Union will grow; it will
continue to increase in strength and power,
though it may be cemented and cleansed with
blood. I have-alked longer now than I" in
tended to speak. Let me thank you for the
honor you have done me. So far as this gov
ernment i 3 concerned, let me say one other w 'rd
in reference to the amendments to the Consti
tution of the United States. When I reached
Washington for the purpose of being inaugu
rated as Vice President of the United States, I
had a conversation with Mr. Lincoln. We were
talking about the condition of affairs, and in
reference to matters in my own State. J stated
tha.t we bad called a convention, had amened
our Constitution by abolishing slavery-in the
State-—a Hlatp nftt.nmß——A y- V-————a..-.
tion. All this met bis approbation, aod gave
him encouragement, and in talking upoD the
s.-uendmen t to the Constitution he said:—
“When the amendment to the Consti utiou is
adopted by three-founhs of the States we shall
have done all, or pretty Dearly all, I am in
favor of in amending the Constitution, if there
was one other adopted.” Said I, “what is that,
Mr. President?” Said he, “1 have labored to
preserve th s Union ; I have toiled four years;
I have been subjected to calumny and misrep
resentation, vet my great desire - has been to
preserve the Union of these States intact, under
the Constitution as they were before.” But,
said I, “Mr. President, what amendment do
you refer to?” Hesaid he thought there should
be an amendment added to the Constitution
which would compel all the Spates to send their
Senators and R»pre=entatives to the Gongnss
of the United Slates Yes, compel them. The
idea was in his mind that it is a part of the
doctrine of secession to break up the govern
ment ty States withdrawing their Senators and
Representative from Congress, and, therefore,
he desired a constitutional amendment to com
pel them to be sent. How, now, does the mat
ter stand? In the Constitution of thecountry,
even that portion of it which provides for the
amendment of the organic Jaw, says that no
State, without tys consent, shall be deprived of
its representation.
A PLEA FOR SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
And now what do we find? We find the
position taken that States shall not be repre
sented, that we may impose taxes, that we may
send our tax-gatherers to every region and
portion of a State, that the people are to be op
pressed with taxes, but. then they come here to
partic'p.ite in the legislation of the country,
they are ipet at the door and told, “no; you
must pay taxes, you must bear the burdene of
the government, but you must not participate
in the leg elation of the country, which is to
affect, you for all time.” Is this just? [‘“No,
no.’ ] Then I say let us admit into the councils
of the nation those who are unmistakably and
unquestionably loyal; those men who acknowl
edge their allegiance to the government and
swear to support the Constitution. It is all
embraced in that. The amplification of an oath
makes no difference if a man is not loyal; but
you may adopt whatever test path you choose
to prove \heir loyalty-—that is a matter of de
tail for which I care nothing—let him be un
questionably loyal, owning his allegiance to the
government., and willing to support it in its
hour of peril and of need, and I am willing to
trust them. I know that some do not attach
so much importance to this principle as I do;
but one principle wo carried through the Re
volution was that there should b 9 no taxation
without, representation. I hold to that princi
ple laid down as fundamental by our fathers.
If it was good then, it is good now. If it was
a rule to stand by then, it is a rule to stand fcy
now. It is a fundamental principle that should
be adhered to as long as free government
lasts.
HE UNROLLS THE CONSTITUTION.
I know it was said by some during the're
beliion that onr Constitution hid been rolled
"P #s “ piece of parchment, and laid away ;
that m the time of war and rebell : on there was
no Constitution Well, we know that some
times from roe very great necessity of the
case, from a great emergency, we must do un
constitutional things in order to preserve 'he
Constitution itself. Bat if, while the rebel
lion was going on, the Coustitulion was roll
ed up as a parchment; if it was violated in
some particulars to save the government,
t here may have been excuse to justify
it But now that peace has come ; now the
war is over, we want a written Constitution ;
and I say the time has come to take tne Con
down, unroll it, re-read it, and un
derstand its provisions. Now, if you have
saved tne government by violating the Consti
tution in war, you can only save it in peace
by preserving the Constitution, and the ouly
way to preserve it is by a strict adherence to
the Constitution of our fathers as it 1b now un
folded It must now be read and understood
by the American people. I come here to-day
as far as I can, in making these remarks to
vindicate the Constitution and to save it for
it does seem to me that encroachment after
encroachment is proposed. I stand to-d ly
prepared, so far as I can, to resist these en
croachments upon the Constitution and gov
ernment. Now that we have peace, let us
enforce the Constitution ; let us live undsr and
by its provisions ; let it be published ; let it
be printed in blazing characters, os if it were
in the heavens, punctuated with stars, that all
may read and understand; let us consult that
instrument ; let ns digest its provisions, un
derstand them, and, understanding them,
j|bide by them. I tell the opponents of this
government (I care not from what quarter
they' come, whether from the Bast, West,
North or South), you are engaged in the work
of breaking up the government by amendments
to tbe Constitution that tbe principles of free
government are deeply rooted in the Ameri
can heart.
All tbe powers combined, I cere not of wbaj;
character they are, cannot destroy that great
instrument'—that great cba tof freedom. They
may seem to succeed for a time, but their
attempts will be ftitile They might as well '
undertake to lock up the winds or chain the
waves of the ocean, and Oonftne them to liro- •
its. ""They may think how it can be done by ,
a concurrent but when it is sub
mitted to the popular judgment and to the
popular will, they will find that they might as
well undertake to introduce a resolution to
repeal the law of gravity as to keep (big Union
from being restored.
THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE TUB QUESTION.
It is just about as feasible to resist the
great law of gravity which binds all to a com
mon centre as that great law of gravity which
will bring back these States, and replace them
in their relations. All these conspiracies and
machinations, North and South, cannot pre
vent it. All that is wanted is time until the
American people can get to know wbat is going
on. I would the whole American people could
ba assembled here to-day, as you are. I wtßb
wo bad an amphitheatre capacious enough to
hold these thirty million of people, that they
could be here and witness the struggle that is
going on to preserve the Constitution of their
fathers They would settle this question
They could see who it is and bow it is, and
what kind of spirit is manifested in breaking up
this great principle of free government. Yes I
when they came to see the struggle, and to
understand who is fcr and who against them,
if you could make them perform the part of
gladiators, in the first tilt y*u would find the
enemies of the country crashed aud helpless.
HIS FIDELITY TO THE PEOPLE.
I have detained you longer than I intended.
[“Goon.”] We are in a great struggle, I
am your instrument. Who is there I have not
toiled or labored for ? Where is the nan or
woman, either in public or private life, who
has not always received my attention or my
time ? Pardon the sgotism; they say that man
Johnson is a lucky man ; that no man can de
feat me I will tell you what constitutes good
luck. It is doing right and being for the peo
ple ; that is what constitutes good luck. Some
how or other the people will find out and un
derstand who is for and w o is against them.
I have been placed in &b many trying positions
as any mortal man was ever placed in, but, eo
far, I have not deserted the people, and I be
lieve they will not desert me. What principle
have I violated? Whst sentiment have I
swerved from? Can they put their finger upon
it ? Have you heard them point out any dis
crepancy 1 Have you heard them quote my
predecessor, who fell a martyr to his country's
cause, as going in opposition or in contradis
tinction to any thing that I have done ? The
very policy which I am pursuing now was pur
sued under hie administration; was being pur
sued by him when that inscrutable Providence
saw fit to remove him, I trust, to a better world
than this. Where is there one principle adopt
ed by him, in reference to this restoration that
I have departed from ? [“Non6 1 none 1’ ] The
war, then, is not simply upon me, but upou mv
predecessor. I have tried to do my duty. I
know that some people in their jealousy have
made the remark that the White Hous- is
President,. Just let me say that the charms of
the Whito House, and all that sort of flumme
ry, has less influence with me than with those
who are talking about it. The little I eat or
wear does not amount to much. That requir
ed to sustaiu mo aud my little family is very
little, for lam not feeding many, though iu
one sense of consanguinity or affinity I am akin
to everybody. The conscious satisfaction of
having peribrmed my duty to my country is all
the reward I have.
HIS CONCLUDING APPEAL.
Then, in conclusion, let me ask this vast con
course, this sea of upturned faces, to go with mo,
in siariding round the Constitution of our coun
try. It is agaiu unfolded, and tbe people are in
vited to read, to understand, and to maintain
its provisions Let ua stasd by tbe C&nstitutiou
of our fathers, though the heavens themselves
may fall. L4i- us stand by it. Though facti.n
may rage, though tauuts and jeers may come;
though vituperation may come in its most violent
character, I will be found standing by tbe Con
stitution, as the chief rock of our safety, as the
palladium of our civil aud religious liberty.
Yes, let us cling to it as the mariner cliDgs to
the last plank when the night and tempest
closes around him.
Accept my tliauks for the indulgence
have given me iu making tbe extemporaneous
remarks I have upou this occasion. Let us go
forward, forgetting the past and looking to the
future, and try to restore cur country, trusting
in Him who rules on high aud in the cart!) be
low that ere long our Union will bo restored,
aud that we will have peace not only on earth,
but especially with the people of the United
States, and good will. I thank you, my coun
trymen, for the respect you have manifested on
this occasion. Whoa your country is gone, if
you are about that place, look out and you will
find the humble individual who bow stands be
fore you weeping over its final dissolution.
Ifew the White House was Robbed
Under .the Lincoln Administration.
PF.VABKS OP T,I RaDIOAL T LB 'rnrc
From the Congressional Globe.
Mr. Stevens.—The gentleman from Pennsyl
vania is not mistakm. We have already ap
propriated thirty thousand dollars for furnish
ing the President’s house. It is proper that I
should say, under the circumstances, that here
tofore the sum usually appropriated for fur
nishing the President’s house under tho incom
ing of an admisiration has been twenty thou
sand dollars. There has always been a small
deficiency, however. In Mr. Buchanan’s time
it was $4,000. In the case of Mr. Lincoln,
owing to tho dilapidations, it was something
more; ten or fifteen thousand dollars. Theu,
in tbe last Congress, we voted thirty thousand
dollars, but the bill failed, and wo have repeat
ed the appropriation this year. But owing to
the confusion which took place after the death
of the President, and tho long continued sick
ness of bis wife, the house was’left a piey to
almost everybody that chose to go there, and
it was found upon examination, when Mr.
Johnson was about to take possession of the
house, that scarcely anything was left, and
that, it required, not only the $30,000, but,
upon a full estimate of what is wanted, made
by the Commissioner of the Public Buildiugs,
under the direction of the inmates of the house,
ft was found that to restore matters as they
were, and to add the usual ornaments and fur
niture, it would require $46,000 more. It was
found, after the $30,000 were appropriated,
that there had already been expended $42,000,
and that the sum appropriated was not only
absorbed, but gome sl2 000 more, and the
house was Btill unfurnished. The servants aud
everybody had access to the house during the
fatal peiiod to wh : ch I have referred, for-about
six weeks, and I may say it was open for any
body to plunder it that chose to go there. Tho
result was that almost all the valuable fur
niture in tbe house was missing; and when the
present President came in, it was found ue
cessary, even before he could be entertained
with a single meal, that spoons should be bought
in this city for the purpose of furnishing his
table—that linen, sheets, bedding, and 411 those
things, were necessary, and even the beds
themselves.
It was fonmi that the bouse was .in custody
of nobody. The steward who was there, was
responsible. But it was found that these goods
had been taken everywhere. They were
traced —I will not say among the employees
—but they were gone; they wi re not to be
found. It is enough for us to know that the
things were not there, and it is due to the
present President and his family to say that
their estimates of what is needed have been
made, in roy judgment, on the most economical
scale consistent with the dignity of the nation.
We find that less than this sum will not suffice.
There is some $14,000 unpaid after appropri
ating the whole of the SBO 000. I trust that
enough has been said to show to the House
the necessity of this appropriation, and that it
will be made without objection.
Mr. Upson. I would inquire of the gentle
man if there was no public officer whose duty
it was to see that lids property was protected t
Mr. Stevens.—Tktre was a steward appoint
ed by the late President, hut it turned out that
he was not a responsible person. Ho was ap
pointed by Mr. Lincoln himself, and it was his
duty to take care of the property.
The Comm ttee on Appropriations, under
these circumstances, have prepared a bill m-k
--ing the steward responsible to tbe government,
and requiring him to give such security as will
prevent anything of this kind in the future.
Mr. Niblack. I would inquire if the missing
spoons are the same that Mr Ogle talked about
a few years ago ? [Laughter ]
Mr. Stevens Yes they are the same spoons
■They are the gold spoons that were purchased
I think by Mr. Van Buren, at a great expense;
and I may say that out of a large number of
spoons, forks and knives, which were very
valuable, but one or two would be left out of
two dozen; and all that has been dope has been
to furnish samples to the persons in New York
who furnish these things, and they are being
replaced, not to the extent that Mr. Van Buren
had, but as nearly as the present humble and
economical President deems necessary. I can
say to the committee that nothing more is
asked by the President and his family than is
absolutely necessary to make tbe bouse decent.
Mr. Upson. They left some for samples?
Mr. Stevenk. They left a sample or two, be
cause they did not want to make them get an
entirely different set. I have understood that
some of these things are—well, it is no matter
where they are.
n <* >, G r ©d clergyman has been arrested at
Chatham, Canada West, for the murder of an i
illegitimate child. He was bolding protracted
religious meetings at the time of his arrest. i
General Hawlew is an original abolitionist
ot tbe Phillips school, but is willing to take I
most any kind of a platform which he thiuks <
will elect him. .
The Voice of the People.
~ W ll I
THE SOUTHS ENTITLED TO REPRE3BN- \
TArtON. J
THE Q ftEAT MEETING AT WASHINGTON. |
THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. .
Washington’s birthday celebrated in
Washington by a grand demonstration in favor
of the restoration of the Union, and the imme
diate admission of Southern Representatives.
a resident's policy was enthusiastically
sustained. In response to a call an immense
ultitude assembled in and around Grover’s
Theatre.
William L. Hodge, Esq , called the assembly
to order at twelve o'clock, and said this rneet
mg had been called by no special political par
ty, aud had no party bias. It is a spontaneous
outpouring of the people, who are all anxious
to see our country reunited, [applause,] each
s r restored, and moving in its proper orbit
LApplause ] Our patriotic President has done,
and is doing all in his power to attain this very
desirable result, and is doing it in such away
as to meet the approbation of the people of the
1 District of Columbia, [applause,] and we now
meet to give a public expression appro
bation, and to say t<s him, you in
your noble work. [Great applause.] And
there is no doubt that the people of the coun«
try will sustain the President, and 6ay to him,
“ Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Philip R. Fendall was then nominated and
elected President of the meeting. The theatre
was crowded to its fullest capacity, and many
were unable to obtain admittance. A large
number of persons were also addressed from
the outside stands. Among the speakers were
Montgomery Blair, S. S. Cox, Judge Kinney,
Representatives Smith and Trimble, of Ken
tucky, Rogers, of New Jersey, and Senators
Headricks, McDougalland Wiley.
The following are the.resolutions reported by
the Hon. Charles Mason, and unanimously
adopted at the meeting held in Washington on
the 22d February ;
Resolved, That on this anniversary of the
birth day of him who was “first in war, first
in peace, and first in the hearts of his country
men,” it becomes an appreciative and grateful
people to hold communion with the spirit by
which he was ever animated ; to show their re
spect for th ; illustrious dead by attempting to
follow his footsteps, and to be guided by his
admonitions; and to place in strong relief,
inviting to emulation, the outlines of a charac
ter whose moral grandeur and unselfish devo
tion to the public welfare will ever render it
the chosen model of American patriotism
through all coming time.
Resolved. That the Constitution of the United
States was the outgrowth and crowning glory
of that great revolution which his courage and
f rtitude conducted through discouragement
and disaster to final and complete success; and
that by our veneration for that immortal in
strument, and by our determination to preserve
it “pure and nndefiled,” we can best evince eur
gratitude to its authors, and secure to our-
selves and onr posterity the inestimable bless.-
i igs it its calculated to bestow.
Resolved, That the vitality of thi3 great cov
enant depends primarily upon the indestructi
bility of the States which are the parties there
■ to, and their preservation in the exercise of all
their normal functions, and that he who would
eradicate or pervert this cardinal principle
aims a fatal blow at the most vital portion of
the system of which it is the heart and centre
and acts io utter disregard of the spirit and
Intent of those by whom it was framed and
adopted.
Resolved, That ours is a government of law;
that punishment for offenses, however heinous,
cannot be dictated by arbitrary vengeance;
that no ex post facto law can be rightfully es
tablished either by statutory enactment or by
coDstilutional amendment, and no more as
against a community than as against an indi
vidual; that as no punishment had ever been
provid d against a State for an attempt to so
cede from the Union Done can now be legiti
mately inflicted, either by enforcing disabilities
nr otherwise; that therefore, iiuv delinquent
State, from the moment it returns to its alle
giance and r surnes its rightful position as i
member of the Federal government, become s
entitled to the t xercise of all its rights under
the Constitution —including that of being rep
resented in each branch of Congress—which a
enjoyed befote the commission of its offense.—
It is better that wrong should go unpunished
than that it should be redressed through a
violation of law.
Reso'ved, That the only lawful ground on
which any member of either House of Congress
re«»**»**4 Lie ecut <p» rin
equal footing with any other member, must be
that his election/or their returns thereto, have
not been in accordance with the law, or that
he does not possess the requisite qualifications
for his position, and that, in deciding upon
each qualifications, Done other can be consid
ered than those prescribed in the Constitution
of the United States.
Resolved, That they who illegally attempt to
exclude the representation of any State from
seats in the Federal Congress, or who in any
other way endeavor to prevent tbe full resto
ration of the Union under tbe Constitution, are
emphatically disunionists, and are equally
culpable in principle with those who have here
tofore disturbed the harmony of our great po
litical system—being accessories after the fact
of’be great wrong which has been perpetrated
by tbps aiding i« its perpetration.
R* solved, That the Constitution of tho
United States purposely and carefully abstains
from any interference with the qualifications
of electors in any of the States of the Union,
aud that any attempt on the part of Congress
to prescribe to any State a new rule on tbe
subject is a manifest departure from the spirit
and principle on which our system is founded,
and should ever receive, as its de.ervea, the
unqualified reprehension of every true friend of
our cherished institutions.
Resolved, That the ptople of the District of
though governed by Congress under
the Coßsttluiion. are still citizens and not sub
jects; that the fundamental principles of Re
publican government are just as applicable and
just as sacred here as in any of the Stales,
though not protected by the same sanctions;
that the will of the people should he equally
the guide for the legislator in relation to our
local concerns ; and that, therefore, the lato
action of the House of Representatives iu pass
ing a bill giving the indiscriminate right of suf
frage to the African race residing in. the Dis
trict, in opposition to the exprr-ssed and almost
unanimous wish of the people, lias been in pal
pable disregard of what we believe to be tho
manifest duty of the legislator iu a govern
ment like ours.
Resolved, That the sudden elevation of inex
perienced, uneducated negroes in those Stales
where they constitute any considerable portion
of the entire population to the full privileges of
American citizens, would be fraught with tin
i most imminent danger to opr whqle politi.a
l fabric; that whether that race is capable o
j ever becoming qualified for the exercise of thi
t groat and delicate trust discharged through tin
i elective franchise or not, they aro certainly no
> so at present, and that the hasty and indig
> crimin te bestowal upon them of this high pre
l rogative is calculated, if not intended, tobritij;
i the whole system of popular institutions ir.tr
disrepute by practically demonstrating the in
capacity of the great mass of mankind for in
, teliigenl self-government.
Resolved, That the grand old declaration
, that “all men are created equal’-' was never
i intended by its authors, nor underctood by
, the people for whom it was made, ar placing
the African race in this country on a ,:ivil, so
cial or political level with the Ct icasiau ;
to give it such a signification woui 1 be ;o
1 charge a large proportion of those who were
engaged in making and sustaining it with the
rankest hypocrisy, inasmuch as they were all
the while holding large numbers of what was
conftssedly an inferior race in dependence and
servitude; that even if this broad declaration
was meant to apply to all human brings ■,
it does not follow that the Chinese nr ib, rlo
- any more than the femah-s ucd children
of our own blood should exercise the right of
suffrage; aud that while we are willing to ac
cord to these exotic and unassimilable fellow
creatures all the privileges necessary for their
personal well-being, we will never consent to
imperil the sacred inheritance derived from
our revolutionary fathers by entrusting it
pa-tly to the guardianship of those who know
not i's value and who care not for its preserva
tion.
Resolved, That the letter, and especially the
spirit of our Federal Constitution aims to coun
teract the natural tendendency to a centraliza
tion of power in the hands of the general
government; that every indication of a breach
through the harrier thus provided should be
watched with the utmost vigilance, and be res
sisted wbh the most uncompromising deter
mination at its earliest manifestation ; that
we have, therefore witnessed with the utmost
alarm the recent reckless disregard of consti
tutional restraint on the part of the governing
majorities in both branches of Congress as in
dicating a public danger quite as great as that
from which we have so reWdtly been deliver
ed, and, with hearts overflowing with joy and
gratitude, we hail the recent veto message of
President Johnson, which has said potentially
to this antagonistic revolution, “ thus far
shalt boa go, and no farther.”
Resolved, That while the present condition
of the “freedman,” wherever he may now be
fouud, justly excites our ardent sympathies
we do not forget that the whole country is
filled with unalleviated miseries among those
of our own kindred ; tlmt the Federal govern
ment la not an elemosypary establishment, Jn
-4' w
tended to providaj Femediea for Cases of indi
vidual suffering ; and -that the organization of
a gigantic scheme .of, public charity for the es
pecial, if not exdkrtttire benefit of a "favored
class—involving, ae it thesquandeiing of
untoUJ millions fromi* common and almost ex* |
hnnsted treisury—is not only unauthorized by
the articles .of the 1 Federal compact, hilt is
making an invidious discrimination against
thousands of equally meritorious sufferers, many
of whom have been to penury
through bereavements resulting from devo
tion to public duty and acta of noble solfssac
rifice. r
Resolved. That in the present condition of
our national finances it is net only imperative
upon us to practice all reasonable public econo
my, but tbaj, every dictate of sound policy
prompts to the calling into immediate requisi
tion of all the productive energies of our whole
people ; that in such circumstances to discour
age the cultivation of any of the great staples
from whence our uatioual re-ourees arc derived
would be an act of suicidal folly ; that we,
therefore, regard the dishesrtinsr irealeningof
our erring, but repentant fellow- ci’izons of the
South by those who have seized upou the ex
clusive legislative power of the government as
calculated to piralyze some ofonr most import
ant industrial pursuits at this momentous
i risis—thus manifesting a cardinal error in
statesmanship, to say nothing of its illegality
—and that it calls imperatively for the indig
nant reprehension of all those whose legitimate
personal interest* are thus about to be sacri
ficed for the promotion of selfish partisan suc
cess.
Resolved, That the government founded by
Washington and h’s coadjutors reposed upon
the willing Union of alt the component States;
that upon no other principle can a free Repub
lic like ours be maintained ; that such a Union
can only be perpetuated through obedience to
the law of life in which it originated. Hate
begets hoto ; injury provokos to retaliation ;
envy excites repulsion aud destroys Union.
But justice and gonerosity and acta of fraternal
kindness create that elective affinity which
holds individuals and Slates indisolubly united.
We have tried the diabolical system of policy,
and have seen the results. Shall we not now
heed the lessous of Divine wisdom, altered
more than eighteen centuries ago, aud made
applicable to »ur politi al condition through
the lips of the Father of his Country ? These
would have preserved us in peace. They can
ev6n yet restore us to Union, prosperity and
greatness.
Resolved, That on ibis natal day of the pa
triot hero of America, it is eminently propel
that we should endeavor to inspire a sympa
thetic fervor in the besoms of all our fellow
countrymen, and that we should invite a uni
ted effort for the full restoration of that Union
which was so signally tbe object of his patriot
ic devotion. We therefore call upon our fel
low-citizens, of every shade of political opin
ion on other subjects, to rally around the flag
of the Union, with its thirty-six stars entire,
and to stand by him who now fills the seat
and who has unmistakably manifested a deter
mination to move in the political footprints of
Washington. On this auspicious day let a
voice go forth from this which is
called by his name, and which is, on other ac
counts so intimately associated with his mem
ory, that shall awaken an echo in every patri
otic hpnrt throughout our wide domain.—
We have had enough of war and bitter
ness; let us from henceforth cultivate the
spirit of peace and national concord. Let us
learn from our past misfortunes that the per
petual Union we all seek can never be secured
without preserving that feeling out of whieh it
sprung, and by following the counsels of him
who did so much to bring it into being, and of
him who is now laboring in the same spirit to
effect its early restoration.
Resolved, That the wise, humane and patri
otic efforts of President Johnson to restore all
the States to their appropriate orbits commands
our unqualified approbation; that we doubt not
they will be fully endorsed by the American
people, now «nd hereafter ; anil that when this
meeting adjourns we will repair to the Execu
tive Mansion, in order that we may by our
persoual presence give greater emphasis to tho
assurances of respect and confidence with
which he is regarded by all the true friends of
national Union and harmony throughout our
reunited country.
‘ SOUTHERN
Cotton Warehouse,
Corner Bay and Lincoln sts.,
savasnah QA,
QTALLON & CO,,
FACTORS
t» ■
Forwarding and Commission
MERCHANTS.
Consignments Solicited.
Advancements made on shipments to our
fiends in New York and England.
jao2s—3m
GREAT SOUTHERN
Paper Warehouse,
AND
Depot for Printers’ Supplies,
2XO Bay Street,
SAVANNAH GA.
AVaRREN & PLATNER keep con
stantly on hand a large stock of Ledger, Writing
and Wrapping Papers, of all siz>s and weighiß |
also, Binders’ Boards, Cad Boards, Printers’
Cards, Envelopes, Twines and Printing Inks.
Having had long experience in the business,
and buying our goods in large lots direct from
the ra inufaoturers enables us to compete with
New York prices.
Agents lor Wade's celebrated Printing Inks.
The highest cash prices paid for all kinds of
Paper Stock.
jan2s—3m
Removed.
I J.B. G KENNEDY. Watch Baker, baa
• removed from the store ol Messrs. Clark k Co’s
3 to 290 Broad street, over Barry k Batty’s Drug
‘ Store. febi—lm
PETERS, WEBB & CO
s
, MANDFACTCKKRB OF
f 6rand, Upright and Square
i PIANO- FORTES.
I Factory corner Main and Four
teenth Streets.
; Office and Wareroom Jefferson,
; between Fourth & Fifth Sts.
LOUISVILLE, KY.
3*r>B 7 6m
Dissolution.
rpHE firm of LUFBURROW & TIMMONS is
I this by the wiihdiawal of O. H
Bufhurrow. Ei'her party is authorized to sign
the firm n#m» in I quidation. All parties indebt
ed are requested to coine forward and m ike pay
ment, and all parti- s having claims will ple::se
pri sent them lor settlement.
O. H. BUr’BURROW,
„ TTJ A't E. TIMMONS.
A mot t > PV'i i ■ i ■
HAVING pnrch»‘el the interest of Mr. t). i
H. FUFBURROW in the Forest Ci'y Four
dety in this city, I will continue the bu inees ir.
my name. Thankful for piat favors, I respect
fully solicit a continuance of the liberal pitronage
heretofore extended to the late firm.
ERAS. E. TIMMONS.
HAVING- disposed of my interest in the Aim
of Luf burrow & Timmons to my former
partner, F E. TIMMONS, would solicit a con
tinuance of the patronage extended to the late
firm to iny successor.
tebi4-lm O. B- LUFBPRBOW.
RARE CHANCE .'RARE CHANCE I
Great Bargains Given Away! ■
]|<t| I
Selling t ff at Cost.
The undersigned respectfully announces to
the citizens of Augusta and surrounding coun
try in general, that he it about to change his
business, and offers his entire stock, consisting j
of Clothing, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Yan
kee Notions, &c., Ac., at greatly reduced
prices.
Ladies will do wel to give me a call before
purchasing elsewh«*e.
B. PHILLIPS, t
feb2l—lm 262 Broad street.
NATIONAL
LEG Ai\D AllM COMPANY,
MADISON, <» A.
Commissioied by the Surgeon General in his
“Circular Order,” May 13th, 1865.
THE artificial Legs and Arms (Lren’s patent)
manufactured by this Company recommend
tbeopselves for their lightness, simplicity, dura
bility and usefulness.
Artificial Legs and Arms can be seen at all
times at the room of the Company, in Town Hall
building.
We request examination to prove the truth of
the following: -
'the subject whose stump is one or more inches
in length, and oontaius a healthy degree of
force and rigidity, can, with this arm, at wilt,
raise the Artificial Hand to bis m' uth, forehead,
or even to the top or buck of his head.
By st coring a knife, fork, pen, nail brush, or
other implement, into the part of the hand pre
pared for it he can
Cut his food and car y it to his mouth,
Write with respeoubte clearness.
Wash the remaining hand,.
Play on the Violin,
Hold the reins in driving, etc., etc.
l.egs are of tqual utility and beauty.
Our workmen »re the most skilled from the
Company at New Yo-k.
Call and examine lor yourselves. Prices the
same as in New York city.
All letters will receivo prompt attention.
Aujrcfis * *
DAN NELLY MARSHALL A CO.,
January Ist, 1866. __ Mad ja°3-tt*'
To Owners and Shippers
COTTOJV.
JNO. K. GILLIAT & CO,
LIVERPOOL,, ENG.
OBER,”NANSON‘ & CO.,
NEW YORK.
OBER, ATWATER & CO.,
NEW ORLEANS.
LEWIS, - NANSON & CO.,
ST. LOUIS.
w. HENRY WARREN, & C 0„
•, rnrsTA. ga.
RESEN TING the above well knowr
houses lor the State of Georgia, wo will put in
order and ship Cotton from any section of the
country, making liberal advances and speedy re
turns. The reputation of these houses will insure
the most favorable negoliation of Exchange on
New York, Liverpool and London.
By our advertisement, it will be seen that we
keep expressly for the trade, a Large Stock of
GROCERIES, ot all kinds, HATS, CLOTHING,
BLANKETS, LINENS, Ac., Ac., which we will
sell as cheap, and irr many instances lower, than
can be bought in Louisville and Cincinnati.
We propose to Merchants holding Cotton to
make them advancea in Cash or Goods, and sell
or ship their Cotton to any of the above points,
thus giving them the advantage of Augusta,
New York or Liverpool mai lie's.
An investigation of the above will prove that
our facilities for doing business with any sectiou
are the very beat, and the advantages we possess
for making advances in Goods or Cash are proba
bly superior to any one in the State."
We earnestly solicit a correspondence with
Dealers and Shippers.
W. HENRY WARREN, & CO.,
175 & 177 Broad Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
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Hay and Lime.
300 HUN DLEs Not KA Y
100 Bbls best Rockland LIME.
Just received and for .sale by
CLARKE A BO WE,
Ellis street, in rear Ttios. R. Rhodes.
jan2s—6m
SBOO Reward.
A REWA RD ofEight Hundred Dollars
wilt be paid, at the Oifiee of tin Con titutioaal-
Ui, for the apprehension of, with legal proof suf
ficient to convict, the person or persons who
killed, or who aided and abetted the murder o
Kdg-wr Oar mi t had, at his store, in Richmond
county, on the nigm, «<•«„,. Plnhfc r 25, 1865.
janlO—ti ’ * - *
Isaac T. Hkakd. O. M. Stone.
ISAAC T. HEARD & CO.,
WAREHOUSE
ANI) .
Commission Merchants,
WILL give their prompt and personal a'-
tention to the Storage and Sale of Colton
aud Country Produce of every description,
Corner Reynolds and Mclntosh Streets,
ftblM, AV°V«TA, GA,
WALL PAPER.
"\VE now have on hand a well assorted stock
of French, English, German, American, Fine
Gilt Maible, Plain and Decoralivo
WALL PAPERS,
suitable for Parlors, Halls, Sitting Rooms, Din*
ing Rooms and Bed Chambers; aBo, for Bar
Rooms, which we are selling at Low Prices.
Call and examine at the well known firm of C
A L. Dwede’s, No. 306 Broid street, nearly op
posite the Planters’ Hotel.
feblO-Im MERRITT A SON.
MERWIN & BRAY,
l 8 SOLE PROPRIETORS OP
® Ballard’s Breech-Loading Carbines
AND
• SPORTING RIFLES,
EAGLE Arms Co.’s Belt and Pocket Revol
vers, Colt’s Model Arms ot all sizes, Single
snot Breech-Loacing Cartridge Pistols, Deriti
ger’s Old and Now Model, with a complete as
aortment of all *he improved Sporting Arras o'
the day. Ihe “ Ballard ” can be loaded and
Bred fifteen times per minute, uses either kind t,t
ammunition, and is effective at 1200 yards. The
Eagle Arms Co.’s Pistola have no ‘equal, art
. loaded and discharged with four rao’ions, ado
gree of perfection never equaled. The Belt stzt
carries a ball 42 100 calibre, larger than Colt’s
Navy, weighs only 22 ounces, using either kind
’ ot ammunition. The Pocket size carries a ball
31-100 calibre, same as Colt’s (i inch, weighing
only half as much. Both shoot with great force
and accuracy. No one wishing a first class arm
* should purchase before seeing these.
Por further pa'ticu'nrs, send for proprietors'
circular. MEUWIN A BRAY,
NO. 262 BROADWAY, N. Y.
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POULAJUD, COX A. CO.,
! Gen’l Grocery & Commission Merchants,
’ NO. 207 BROAD STGKKT, AUGUSTA, OA.,
Zi-ZSF' so,f o,, * te firm v - WR,ker * co.
WILL, give prompt attention to the Pur
chase and Sale ol Cotton, Cotton Goods,
And all articles of Merchandise l , Country Pio
luca. *c. Consignments from all sections s»-
lioited. nr.tas- fim
FiadtJJEtT
C.)n hand and ft r sale, a superior lot of Family
Flour;
ISAAC T. HEAIU) 'ft CO.
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Warehouse Notice.
T) ARTIES holding receipts for o* ton stored
I in our Warehnnse requested to present
thiir receipts and move their cotton out be the
Ist of Mav, as the bu«iness will be discontinued
and Warehouse disposed of. if not taken out hy
that time, we will turn it over to other Commis
sion Merchants tor storage. We hereby notify
parties bolding our receipts that we win not lie |
responsible for cotton in i nr poi-e-at on after that I
date. HARRIS ft ROSS,
Warehouse and Commission MeiMßßltfi.
fet>2o-dl2
ROBERT BALFORE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES,
151 Broughton Street,
ONE DOOR WEST OF BAHNAK9,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
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Phoenix Guano, *
JMPORTED DIRECT
raon the
SOPTH PACIFIC OCEAS
THIS SPRING.
TJiis Guano was used very extensively in 16*1
with such general satisfaction that, in offering it
to the planting publio now. we deem it unneces
* Polish any of the many certiflcat's
which we have received from planters this spring,
in the very (strongest terms in its favor.
A H that we can say is to guarantee that we will
pledge ourselves to furnish an article
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
such as wns analysed bv Professors Joseph Jones,
ot Augusta ; Charles U Shepherd, ol Charles
ton, H. C., and J. Darby, of Alabama, whore
analyses we published in 1861, and were satisfac
tnrv to all.
We have only a few hundred tons of this wet!
known and Valuable Fertilizer to offer this
Sp-ing consequently we advise all who want any
of it. to J
SEND IN THEIR ORDERS AT ONCE.
It is put up in barrels of about 300 pounds, and
(lie price will be uniform, as follows:
S6O per ton of 3,000 pounds, in Augusta, or
$55 in Savannah, cash.
All orders to he filled from Savannah must be
sent in by the 10th of March.
WH ALSO HAVB
A FEW TONS
JOHNSON ISLAND,
AMERICAN
AND
COLUMBIAN GUANOS,
AH valuable, and for sale low, for cash, by
D. H. WILCOX A CO.,
t, b 27 -ltn No. 3 Warren Block.
The Augusta Foundery
AND
; MACHINE WORKS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
THE undersigned having fitted up the above
works, and being supplied with abundance
of material, aro now prepared to fill all orders
for everything in their line, on the shortest no
tice and at prices to suit the times, viz:
Agricultural Implements, of all kinds
Railroad Work, of every description
| Hollow Ware, Sash Weights
Church, School, Factory and Fire Alarm
| Bells ; and in fact Oustings of all and every
kind, heavy or light, in iron or brass.
Railroad Companies, Car Builders, Factory
and Mill Owners, Corporate Authorities, anti
all those wishing a largo amount of Castings,
will flud it to their advantage to give us a call
■ beforo contracting else where.
ANTI-FRICTION METAL,
i *
. For Heavy or Fast Bearings, furnished at
short notice, and warranted of best qualify.
PHILIP MALONE & CO.
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Edgefield Advertiser, Atlanta Intelligencer andi
Macon Telegraph will copy one month each and
’ send bill to this office.
[ “ A Dollar Saved is a Dollar Made.”
TRUISM YOU CAN REALISE BY
Purchasing Nelson & Mollwaine’B finely Fla
vored
Scotch SimfE,
“Sweet ns the Rose,’’ which they are selling
here in Augusta, at your own doors, at NEW
YORK PRICES. The quality of the article
they guarantee to be equal to any, and excel
ed by none in the world. Dealers will there
j fore consult their own interest beat by pur*
j chasing their Snuff.
; Placing their business upon this basis, their
; indulgent patrons will observe that they anr
for no favors, except that Southern dealers may
save freight and other charges and at the same
time encourage and sustain Southern manufrlcs’
turers.
You can now save your money and enlarge
’ y° ,,r profits by calling upon their Agents,
Messrs. Blair, Smiths Co., Geo. P.. Chump
( & Co., Commission Merchants generally, aud.
moat of the Druggists of this city.
1 NELSON & MoILWAINE.
N. B. New York Prices, with the usual dis*
. wwt in the trade.
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ON CONSIGNMENT.
BY
Day, Russell & Benjamin,
500 SACKS Salt
; 150 Hampers Irish Pointoes
Cases Preserved Salmon
150 Kegs and Feitins Dutch Herring
20 Cases Had <ock
30 Casks India Pale Me
40 Boxes German Soap
50 M Srigar.a
10 Hhda Cuba Molasses
5000 I ibs Choice Family Bacun
1000 ] ibs Sole
All of the above will be gold low to closo con
signment. j an *>i
h. e; DIBBLEE & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OK
Fancy Silks, Dress Goods,
RIBBONS, WHITE GOODS,
Hosiery, Gloves, Shawls, Dress-
Trimmings and Small Wares,
18 Murray St. & 21 Park Place,
NEW YORK.
U. E. DIRBLEE, D. P RING LEY, J. J, KRAUSS,
2m Charleston, S* 0. of North Carolin a
To the Planters
OF
Georgia and South Carolina.
T HAVE now on hand and for salo, a Jorge
I number of Mules and Horses, generally
'Tom 3 to 5 years o'd, of the best growth of the
Western country—such as are especially adapted
to the business wants of the community—and
have-arrangement? on band which will enable
me to supply a very large demand the ensuing
winter and spring. Myself a native of Kentucky
and having formerly had an extensive connec
tion with this class of h'tsiness, together with
the fact that 1 am now permanently located in
Augusta, I flatter myself that my facilities are
unsurpassed foi supplying this market, at the
lowest possible rate cons-stent with a sound busi
ness. Purchisers are, therefore, invited.to call
and examine my stock, or send in their coders for
any number or class of either Mules or Horses,
at market prices.
M. A. DEHONF.Y,
Proprietor Palace Stables,
det>2P—tf FJiis st:, Augusta, Q*.
J, C. ANDREWS & CO.;”
163 BROAD ST., COLUMBUS, GA.,
COTTON AND TOBACCO FAOTDM,
AND
Commission Merchants,
1 hOIt the sale «f Bacon. Flonr i « -
X\ WM-ky. Produce
Bind-. Consignments solicited. *
REFERENCES;
) eading Merchants, Columbus.
Phiniav ft Clayton, Augusta.
J. W. Fears ft Co., Mac .n.
feb27—l2
TIEMABTNB
Paints, Colors, &c.
T®®e ndefß!g,,Bd iB ” ow ,u PPRfd with
CELEBRATED STANDARD GOODS,
whlhwil^comne’.e f ? at prices
I ask early attention to my sto^k
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