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A. H. JONES, Publisher.
' i - TEEMS. ; " -
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fullowlnj; ratt-o: ; i-
Oae copT ' m.nth; fifty nnmhi-w,) , Mi
" (fi.iniiilrro.).; .. 1
SlncW? -epii ju
ftf iftnctiy in alrac. .. V.
RATES OF AD VERTISIWQ, &c.
AdTrrtiwm,nt will hr Ihm-rtod ttr ono do!'r p?r Mjoajre
rTinniin nra t i ii i ri rTiniT "n
77. S3 00
Job workdwnrwith ixiitiH-nA and dirpuUhiUi'liort nulict'.at
prWrofTrnpoadins with the tim. , i
nbx-ription or adv-rtliiu: : jb wtrk tt hm pa'.l for . lrliv?rv;
idc 3 mtiM iman.viir arrompiitir all nrrlT. tllhvr for
I Tr All pornsurdenii.-tlvv
ki'ttwu':iti- art.- held rcpon-i
lor uk nunc.
KECONSTETJCnON MEASTJEES.
The reconstruction measure of Congres-s consist
of 1st, Tle propseI Constitutional amendment ; 2d,
Bill for Reconstruction ; 3rd.' Supplemental lUiwn
truction Bill; 4th, These nieasures from the basis
of Reronstructiajn. and r publish them. in crnheo
tion for genend; information and reference. 'Thoy
cannot be too wjdelv cireubt.ir nor too will under-
,THK moroSKD COXsTITLTlo'iAL AMKMKMKXT. i
The following is a correct ropy of tin smendmcnt
IftiMaM.t! as Article XIV of the Constitution of the
I'ntted States. ; 1 , j ... "
The aijit'iulnient Ik is Nn.-ii rattHcd by the follow-
vin: Matt : I .niicctirut, Illinois, Inaiana. Ians:ts.
Maine. 'Michigan. Mimics-Tla. 3Ii.-vsuri. JI:-n hu
jk tti. NevufLi, New IIaiiiltire. New JtT-ey. New
York, Ohio. Oregon. I'ciiii.-ylviiiia.; Khod I!and.
TenncvHTVt-ruioiit. Wot V irginia. Wj.--onsin ,
21 iiitdlf 1 r"
, Thr auundiiM-nt ha Ih.i-11 n jt-i ti-d by the Legis
latures of IMi w?re, MaryLind and Kcntiuky. nt:d
Iy all the iinrtiitistructitl ."S.auW lo-wit : IAU-liim-,
ArVunu, t ;-ori.i. FI.rid... f juui."iana. Mis-
.1 - . - t . 1: ....
Tcxas and
firgima -VI iu all .
,
I tit tl rfJtL-t. ru in .-y-Mu.c unit u " t ' ' t , j(
1 Ik it rt-L ft by th Seml.'r uif llvue J hrtrrxi
L . a ' V."" . . - . 1 it. -j.-f J it i 'ttthUt
tfrr nj me L .' f:urrs 'j .imtnm,. m jrf
ArmUtd, (two thirds of. ith lloux-s coiiciirring.) j "
That the following article be pnis-l to the Leg-J .
t.t.tnr. ! IK,- vAi nl t:ile a all ainrlnlriicnt to
the t nsitulnii t the I nitetl Stati-s. whh h. when
ratitieil y ihrtf-lourili- ol ;iid Leq:slature. shall
1 valid a- iKirtof the t ont;iution, namely:-
.KTJI I-K mv,
SKf. 1.
. 11 - .ti-itiir-. Ti . -1 ifi f1i 1'lit
L J I'l II ' IKIIUIiiii v l
art-riticiiNof tlu- I luttnt Stat and Ui State w hi re-
MU puut-p, auu r f j .-.-
irr tht'V reside. XtMatf nuda-of cnforcc-any
7 - ... .- . - I - -i -
' " .. ...... . - - - i
i -I ..t. . . : 1 ....... :
lw Willi Ii .-lia II airie ui irniie:;e m; iiiiiiiuni- j
tin I'nit.il Stati V; nor iiall anvJ.tniaJto onist of the same nur
?itle- exrliliillii.' Indians not lulfd.
iliit.uhiii th
Tiht to litvataliv elei tion for 1 1
hoieeof -ie-ir-
ft rn-ideiil and V-iee lr-iit.-ntol the United StaHs
Jtfrpresciitalii-es in t'onirrs. ihelexei ::iv' -ind judi
4 i.tl ol!i cr of a Stale. -r lhe iiien.iM -r of tin- hegis-
atun-llien-of. idt me 1 to any ot i:ie nia:- tniiain
.ithts of kin It State. twenty -one y-.il ot ''agy,
,nd citi.ciis f the Uiiite.1 Slates, or in Any w.iy
'atrt-Metll i ei i,t torpartu iiiito in n u Hon oroin-
r rrpiic. the basis of repn -illation therein shall te
rtdiii"! " the prrtioji w hu h tin- niiniU-r ,( mu'Ii
; male citizen- 5,ii.dl iv.ir to the w M 1iM.iumii r M male
il HI. 11 IW eiif -o!ie ve:;rsof aire in sin ll Stale.
.'.."- rti--lia:ilif-'a Sv't-'V'TiJeprevnt-
.liii.i'..!. ... i.n.U riir i.t i'reiilelil and ice
1'resht-nt. or hoid nnv'oHiee. civil or military, under
.1... t ,.;t..rt o-..r ,'n.l. r :mv State, who. Iiavins
a lio. -liavinir
.V .: .
re hu-Iv taken :m oiiih :.s nsciuInT t
.. n . .iViI.r .it TTr.- I'nit.i! Nl:ile4 IT a.
a member ot
nut State UirMatiirr.or a.- an executive or JU.IioaJ
..nleerof anv SLite. to .liip-.rt the Oiiititaiion ot
the Uniletl Slates. ha!l have -iigngi d in insurnv
,'tion or reU llion av' iint the Mine, or given aid and
i-onifort Pt t he t iminiest hereof. ISut t oiigress ntty.
bv a vote of two ih'u.liof ru li ll''"-- ri-nve siu h
dUil'ilitJ. . i !
SKf. 4. The Validity of the public debt of the I'tii- "
t...i vii .t.-. riiittinri il bv law. includim: 'debts !in-
f?irml for thei:iyiin rlt of rK iisi.ms and lMiuati-s tor -
reiN-iivni.
?hall not W itiestioiied.' Hut jneillier the UnUtiil
Sui.-s nor anv State sh:dl as-umeor p-iy any debt or
obligation ineurnnl in aid of in-urre iio:ior rebellion
against the Unilol States, or any claim for the loss
.r .-iii.iiu ipiitHn of any lave; but all Mich debts.
lip.-.lioii-. and claims shall be held illegal siiid void.
Sec. The I'oun sluill haj- jxivver to enforce,
bv apprpriate kgi-Likiiv the ruvi;-iou of this ar
tule. ! t. -.
i.v-i. tn tirittri'.iii"' lllliriei lion
r.II.I. Koll llKXTU'CTION.
The follow ing is Sena Mr SIn-nnan"s sub-tityte for
Sirvniji' bijl, wiih ilsoii" Jand ShcIIaliargers
anienibnents iu tlu-llou-. as it was finally jkissiiI.
Wi1-.n -.m.-ixlment is lhe Litter I"rtion of section
five i-ommcnciiig at the ir "pnivided. I he pmvwiuret of tliis act and the act to which it is sup-
.i t-...., h. llelK.r 'i rs-imeiidmcnt- ; plcmcntrYi and when the saniie shall have been sq
a.ttl. section is Shell Imrr am n n V l onstUnT'um shall lie submitted hy.the
A lhUtopnrUj..r th,u...r. runt mmrt.t iVOIlvcnt v,, for nitifHi.thin to tlie persons registered
. - , tf.ejr,r-l. .-.. . , ' undet tl I rovisions of this act at an election con-
Whcreas no legal gi.vernment. or wl.jqu.iU pro T g om ttr ,,WM appointeil or to be
,c-.io for life or wtir .VuVnnH J " the onnmanding jrenend. as hereinbe-MaU-
of .rguiia. North t :rI.n:. .ulli J prtirm to be held after the expiration of
;.rgia.Al-.UinKU Iui-iana. lr rul " " .1 j tliirtr d v f rom the date of noth c thereof, to be
Arkansiis; and whereas U ,s '"O ' '-iraib JtimiTnftfl; and tho return thereof
n,l ?mm1 onh-r shouM le t - Ul U he mile to the commanding general of thedis
..m Lvnl -inH reiuilibean Stale roeroi!ic:ils lair .. . ; ,
IU it etuu-ted, That sail rfbel Mates shall le i
dividt-d into military uistru-is. anu niii-ie siu-j" 3
Um- military aUthorftv of the Tniteil States, as here-.;
inafler pres rilH-.l; "and for that pur.se- V irgniia ;
nhdlinstituie the 1st ditri t; orth Carolina and
South Camliaa the 2nd district C.frzia. Alabama I
and Khrida. the :trd district i .Mis-isi.pi ai.d Arkan---
no lhe 4th district, and Juitana a!ul Texas the
5th district
th district - . ,,, t. , , ,;illinf
SK.-.2. That it shall the dotv 'dUic Iri-i Unt
- - . . . ......... n . 1 .if iif.li iif :iii! ili.trietsft
IO assign muir ,"iiiii-".-. -.- -- -
oflivcrof theannv not below the raiik oft.npnlier
ceneruj. and to detail a siitlicient military force to
enable pdck officer fc pcrform-his-diitics and enforce
his autlHirity within the districrto which he is as-
'Stc. . That it sliall le the duty of each officer
asiTieil as aforesaid to ppitit Kjdl persons in theii
L; .n in.l nnuHTii. tuniiri"ss insurrec-
tion disorder, and violent, and U punish, or causit
,d violence, ami U pifnisli. or cause;
to be lmnished, all disturbers of .the pu .lucai t ana
s.V.U mn.i to this end he may allow local civil
. , . . ,.T.i,i.l.. pa ! -onirre 8 . I11C rKlie snail in: iiitimni uiuu
.Uibu.als V Vdcejurusd.ct on of "oaeSuiJ and Senators tftid Representatives Shall
when .hjjiVJlc or ganize be adwtted therefrom astherein provided.! ; ,
, tril of offenders, he hall luw P gECxi. And be fuHhfr enaAied That 'all elcc-
miUtary commissions nxJlx; . tVons ir the States mentioned in the 'said "Act to
.Dall interference u nde -co a fu'hri,v under u forhe nvre ellicienti government of the
with the exercise of military authority unuer tub dftrimr the oieration of said act.
acthall le null and vonL ' - i. -
HKCi 4. That all persons pu. ...... -
bv virtue of this act. shall W tru.l without unreces-
iry delav. and no cruelor unus-mq.-m , .
be Inflicted; and no sentence 01 ..
nuKn or muunai m v ----- ' ,
- . -1 .1 i....,iii uiirniiri7ini. ieikt
crnmeut In conformity with te tnstiU itw.n onT
I nited States in i respecw. irieit i T oUieT1. 1 fSceri and agents herein authorized, ornec
tion of deleiratc-s ehTtel .by tlie Inale tiw-nsof siid , into efF-t the iDurooses of this act
m. in-iifn v.-ursol.l nl unwaro. 01 inwn
,.raV, color, or previous ndition, wlio luive been
resident in said State foroneyeaf previous to eday
of inch election, except such as ipay be disf ram lused
fof narticipatioi in the rebellidn or for felony at
1 1 o..h .winetitot ion shall iro-
. . . , v. 1 . . " . v. . .. r . -v
. . J - -I..- i:.:.. n-K.
imuiioii inn : nun n ihii cu. v.- . - 1
. .- ..1... 11 .1. .... ...-..! hv
viae iu.il tue m-ciive imncnise n "'j";.
a
tA -. 1 .w-(.v 1 f..r iti.li.intM W1-1I irhin ciiiri cvtnti
neon vac uueiMu 01 muiieaiion nu a.c
tu tion shill have been submitted to Congress foex
nniination and appyoval, and Congress shall have
nppMved the same; ad whetnstid State, by a vote ;
of its Legislature electedMnder said constitution, i
ahall have adopted Uie amendment to the Constitution !
of the United States proposed by tire Thirty-Ninth '
( neTess. and known as article fourteen; and when '
Mid article shau nave oecome 11 iku-i 01 me vimisium
IU OI . I CI ...' l..llk..lMl.l
Kim oxui:iu c..1. -- - ' . - - - -
. ... - t- 4.toj sai.I Kl-it khnll ho (loeLirpn
llonOllUBH""""""'"" .
entitled to representatknl in Congress, anil Senators
and ltcoresentative fchall be admitted therefrom on
n...ir tL.iii the oalh prescribed by law, txnd then
I ihcrrnftcr the preccilini seclion-of this act shall
noi-T?tivcin stale': Vwri. That no py-
f , -.t 1 --. -; - ' r r . . .r . . . : - . ' ." -llj ' - i t . - "a. -- si .---. m 'V : -v r . h o--'r -.:.- . , . .-' t '. .,-.'.-. . r- . -i .-. C 1 . .-. -..--i , y . j. v j. . 1 1
i I I 1 - . ! d l -, k J J A - - . - - - T I - ' - . r r ,
' - . -
son deluded from the! pri vile-e of hoMlns cliicc by j
;.. i i, ... i Cf;t,iT f n.o
said propoM-d nmendiiM-nt ti theCorstitUl!on-of the
L nik-d Suites bhall Le eligibie to election &a s nn-m-
I ik-r f 1 h J i.T'utr1'? f affi?!m y'viZJ2I
any bf ai Wil fn. JAriiSuy-iM..iiit
: vote,for n 'jmlrs f aid convention. -j
sia C '' UfurtJir enacted, That until the
; people of re11 States filial! be by law Admitted
u repres P4tinn in tne Congress of the United
Stateatnt' k'U government which miy exist tlierc
in shall b de nied provisional only, and in all .re--"pecte
jbo JfI1 to lhe ijramount authority of the
United Stf at anv ,inA to Voll, modify; con-.
truL or bu fatede the aftiue; and In all elections to
iiv office der toieh provisional ;povcrnments all
I s i4 be entitled to vote, and honeother, who
' are cotith yotc under the provisions of the fifth
section of -k'- l ; ana no prrson snai oc cugiui w
anvoffiee mfler any sue n pi
who wool VI distiualitied fn
theprorif fi oi me mini
tioii&l ma niiicnt
-1 '
-:o:-
? s ; 1. J
; bufi ' JCjIKNTaut csffRttTios biLUi - :
rrl. w4nv So m f tti lull fit it nn.'lll V
i uc ioi ,J " i"iv ; : -, '
. . - w...,, . I , s ' .. ! T i !
! iKisscd bo - houses:-
U in 'Mtl '
, ; pnciJeW rPSJJce"rty iJ&
State " Jiarcff , io,:aa iojitcuiii, n-
fe err rial y tf ."iwKV Ztf of IipneHt.
tifice ofti JJniUd SUrfe of AmtriM in Cvngre k
. . t.t.5 t ufnn tlio tr dnv of ISentemlier. 1867.
the comm nding general in each district denned by.
1 an act ent ei 7-vn aci u prw iuc ir mc uiuru ciai-
cifiit f gov-rnxnent of . the relel St-iti-s," approve!
March 2, 67, hall cause a registration to be made
; of the maU citizens of : the Unitetl StHtes,. twenty
! one years t gc and upwards. residL-iit.ineach ttn-
tvorparihUin 'he Suite or States inqluded iu his"
district, w-ikii Registration shall include only tlntse
irsons uhfjare qualified to vote for delegates y
. the act afi i eud, and wh(j fcrutll have taken and sub?
t scribed th r fallowing oathorallirmation : "I, '') '
do solemrlwear, (or afliirm.) in the presenccbf
. Almighty Wd, that I am a citizen of : the Suite of
. tl Jt I have resided in ?aid State for -i -r-
f months n threceding this day, and now reside jm
the count iH , or the parish of
t..t au -lA case m:iv; be) that 1 a
, in said
-
twenty-Hie 1
-ojie
for
v.i.ro'nia lift til have" not been disfemchised
chised lor j
.-.-tiinfir-k iri anv rbclliontr civil war
., 1 :,! dt f, tutrfir ffiinvromm;tteil a
agairst jne
I..U-I nt -ii v State or .of the L'nited States: that I
tT.n t!-Aii an ufh m inrn If r i I On?n?A.
of the Un ted States, or as an officer of theXnitfd -j.gistration provided for in the act entitled "An
States, -or is aicmberof any.t.de Legislature, 7ir j nt;t sUppjt.menUry to an act entitled 'An act to pro
as an exeiutive! or judicial offietr of any State, to j viJe the jno-eefflcient government of the rebel
; vinmnrttleOmstitutionof the tni-ed States." and 1
Atarii twrpntv-thrpc. eighteen ihun-
afterward engaged in insurrection j or rebellion
i ,l. . Tint tort Slf-itv ir "iivn mil or comfort :t)
theencniihererf; that I will faithfuHy, .support
me .)on . "t -v:-" j
States, un 1 ill, to the iR-st of my.abihty.enurtge-j
hcrs so o do. so help nie tnxJ; wineir outiuir hi-
licer. J j , ' 1 1 ' ' 1 ' i
Sec 2, And be itfvri',rr rnnrted. That after the
completioi of .the registration hereby provided for
A ..n t tp 1 nr sm-h lime and'nlaces therein as the
11(1 liil nun i4i, v- iivii.nni- - r - o
i-onunand nc general shall aiHoint and direct, of
ili ill aiHtomt and direct, of ,
tys' public notice sliall begiv-
i held of delegates to a con- .
t J1IVH mm - ---- - ,
winch at east thirtr dav
" m,. , ....
vrntion ft r tbc purpnsie; ot -sTanrning a wnsuiu-
(tina and ttrij pvcrnmpni ior wica ruu kui M';if-
-- - 7 r . - , . .
Ik,.tivnliiin in" lf-tl ?St:lte ftwnt IT- :
i : ....... I ...... .nta i . .-1 - It tl 1 1 c pin'm L I -
i aioii ; ; iu v,Jll "i "-i
a retirex :. JKi me icrmorv nun ivhiiiuiih
"i;iia in t .eost numerous branch of the Legisla
ture of s:i 1 State in the year 18(50, to be anporti'tfed
ting a:raii -Jt Im h a convention shall have written or
printeiio n h ballots the worl Against" a ;Ufn
wntion." Tlie persons ,a;!w-.inted to ; superintend
said clee 3i and make return of ihii votes gifen
llien-at, if .herein provided, shall count and make.re-
"-"i " j-. . o
Mini tho rtAisndin-'!f.'tieral to whom the same shall
have lee irciurnetl shall ascertidn and declare the
total Tote la t-arn Mate joranu agamsi a oonvcnuoii.
If a majritj of the votes. yiven on that .questfon'
shall be f r convention, then suc h convention sliall
be held i' hffl einaf ter provided ; but if a majority of
ha id wte shall W ug:iiiist a convention., then r.osuch
i-onvwitkn fliall le held bnderjthis act: 1'sorMed,
That Fuq;r.rtution sJiall not be. be Id unless ii iua
jorltyof IMidi registered voters shall have yoted
'on thf qf?s&n of liohHi-jr suchj intrention;. ' 'ii
m ,nding freaeral of e u !i district shal appoint such
Siir. 4 A'1 bf iffni'iiu r en iinen, ri nai ine eom-
k ...jij ,.f (.o4tratioi rinvsbe nex-essafv.-i con
istinfro- ihree-loval oi'I.-crs or persohs.to Eiake hnd
' iimplet tlie regisJra.on, siiperintend the election,
and inakj return to h"n:j of tfte votes, lists of voters,
and of t iu persons eln -ted as delegates bv a pluruli
tv of tin vnVs tiist at s;;Vl election; and upon re-cVivin-j
$1J returns he shall ojen the same,- ascer
tain the i rions-elected as delegates according to
i theretuiisdf the ofiicers who conducted saidl elec
! lion, an nake proclamation thereof; and. if a ma
; joritr of the vote.-; riven on that question shall be
fir a oircation the -ouimanding general, within
:xtv da; a from the date of election, shall riotitylthe
delegate: to'r.ssemble in convention, at the timejind
place to- jq Bientioned in the notification. 'and aid
conTT.t: mi, w hen organized, liall proceed to frame
i co::stit icon antl civil go.vernmeni aeconiing p iue
SKf. And be U further er-yrtcd. That if, accord
ing ti s :id retnrns. the ironstitution shall le ratified
by a m.-iorifvof the votes of the registered electors
:iialifiel an herein sii-fitied, cast at said election, (at
lcasion -half 'of all the re-ristered voters voting; upon
lheqnt. Uan Of such ratification,), the president of
the contention sh.iil transmit n, copy of the Fitly:,
tlaly t ttiSed, to the President of the United States,
who-?!; ;1I forthwith transmit tne same 10 congress,
if then, n fession. iheii immetliately iqwii
moreover anneji
its tiext
;isseral -ing . and tf it shall moreover appear to Con
gress! .at the "elect ion was one at whichiill thejeg
isteml nd qualified cliK-tors in the State had an op-portio-
y to vote fn-ely and without restraint; ; fear,
or thf Srliience of fraud, and if : the Congress shell
be sati led that such constitution meets the approv
al of a uajoritv of all the qualified electors in f the
StaUS :nd if the said constituti.m shall be declared
by Con itcm to m conformity with the provisions
"t, ;j " . " "V "'It " . m . n i" mnli1
r ct;tnt;or. hH h nnmvd bv
"
. bT - ,nvlt. nd officers mnkinsr the said regis-
before jrHtrinir upon thelischarge of their duties,
tnl-a a.i -1 M.knni.tKA 4)w. otK vtMDCfrSruiMl t K art
appro d July 2, 1SG2, entitled An act to prescribo
an oat! of oflice.' I .- ! i I X . ! )
Sec. 7. vine be itfurVwr enneted. That all expen-
ar, mnention to be paid to all delegatesand
. . - . . v -j
not Ik flini. provided for, and shall provide
for toe-
mum
property in so eh States as may be necessary to pay
111' saiiie. ' -r - ; j
SKf. 9. And be if further enaeU: That the j worn
article in the sixth section ot Uie act to wittcn mis is
PASSED J I n.T ll, ICO t. '-.y.
" . r. . r.
As Act supplementary lo an act entitled An act to
prodefor tlie more efficient government of! the
' reliel Suites," passed on the second day of March,
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and the' act
supplementary thereto, passed on the twenty-third
day of .March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven
Jfe it tiuu-trd by thei Senate and Unite of'Hepre-
1 :7 J . , i 1 i
. ;rtm tuttemUett, Tliat it is hereby declared to have
i leen the true intent and meaning of the act of the
! second of jrarth. one thousand, eight hundred aiid
Uixty seven, cnUtlcl "An act to provide ..fori the
morctffivicnt govcrumcnt of the rebel tatcs,j ;afid
tsntatiret of the . uiud Sfatet of Amerien. .tn von
of the act supplementary thereto passed onAhe
iH-Pnir-ili rd ihiv of Starch, in the year one thous-
twenty-third day of ilarch, in the year one thous
and eight hundred ana taxiy-seveu, uun iuc
emment then existing in the rebel States of Virgin
sippt, Alabama, ixuisiana, t wnua, i ;A.ao auu m
kansas, were not legal State governments: and that
thereafter said governments, if continued, Were to
bei continued subject in all respects to the military
commanders of the respective disUicts and to the
paramount authority of Cpngress. 1
! Sec. 1 And be UfttrOicit enacted. That the com
mander of any district naned in said act shall have
power, subject to the disapproval of the General of
the army of th& United States, aidto; have effect
till disapproved, whenever iu the opinion of such
cohimander the proper administration' of ;said act
. . . . . . Til ! I - .. . 1 M
shall require it, to suspena r remove mm uui..jj.
i - efKti nr Hntr in mu ll .listrict:
i IU1 V V 1 J uuuiaij vv v " " j -1
tw,u-or i.ltinn I nnnointment. oriauthori-
tv derived trom or irraniea. uy; or cuumeu uijuit,
lf "n oTtheh government thereof, or
r . I . tl.rmT' nnni
ty derived from, or granted by or churned ui:aer.
any municJiKii or uuicr inyiaiuix u.. .
ciifiimuuin nr nmnvl fturh commanderj sub-
k-ctto the disapproval of the General fa foresaid
;hrrformnce of the said duties of such Officer or
the performance of the paid duties of such officer or
tli iltnil nf
some competent officer or boldier of tho army; or by
the appointment of some other person; to perform
the same, and to fill vacancies occasioned by death,
resignation or otherwise. I ' t ' - '
Sec. 3.- And be it further, enacted, Timt the Gen
eral of the army of the United Statcs,shall be inves
ted with all the powers ofisuspenson, tvmoval, ap
pointment, and detail granted in the preceding sec
tion to district commanded. ,'. j. v1
' Sec. 4. And be itfurth enacted. That the acts of
tke officers of the army alresidy done in removing
in -said district persons exercising the functions Of
civil officers, and appointing others' in their j stead,
are hereby confirmed: Prodded, That any person
heretofore 6r hereafter appointed by ! any district
commander to exercise the functions of any civil of
fice, may be removed either by the military officer
in command of the district; or by the General of
the army. And it shall be" the duty of such com
mander to remove from office as aforesaid all per-
- . 1 1 -l.w-. 1 rt 4-Krt rr -- ni rt g-f t)t T , nl.
iuaiiMv.1 w ' y r
. , dislovalto the srovernment of the Lni-
lwl States or who"use their official influence
LUVUIAJ -a- l7
obstruct the
d j n'roner administration of this jact and the
Ast ' i-.K i ia" cnnnlpmpntflfT" I
-v. a j . - .7 Tliaf t1i1vnnria
(lr(jJ ynd si'xtv-scven, shall have power and it shall
.i..; .i Vr i 11 ; v,' ...mofUitinii nfa-nv
j, n, to ascertain, upon Isuch facts or information
as tliey can ODiam, wneiuer sucu jiersuu ia cuumu
tQ wttred under said act, and the 'oath re-
flUjmi bv said act shall n6t be conclusive on sucn
Khali bo rco-isitered unless
such board shall decide that he is entitled thereto;
and such board shall also have power,1 to examine
imder oath, (to be administered by any member . of
cni.li Imnnll onrnnp tnnchim' the O ualification of
any claiming registration; but in every case
of ,1 by the board to register in applicant, and
- ; SI f strikinff his name from the list as
hereinafter provided, the board shall make a noteor
.1,,r ,i-l;h clnll Via rfitnlfncd With the reST-
UltllHUiMlvluui, ituii.ii oiium . . . , . . . .
r . . ..Ll- .:nv nMAra1 nf tlm A to.
iWson who lias Deen a memoeri ui n".
, ., . -. -
! Legislature of . any Mate, or v no nas m-m-
executive or judicial office, in any state, wnemer iiu
his" taken an oath to support the Constitution of the
United Staates or not, and whether he was holding
such office at the commencement of the rebellion, or
" 1 .,.1.. miirniriul in OlQlir-
lUXHCiai omce 10 .u;j .ni -j- -
libned. shall be construed jto lnemue aii enn
created bv lawfor tne aaminisirauou 04. m v ""1
law of a Statejor for the administration of justice.
Sec. 7. And to U jurtner www, ;uwi '""v
for compleUng theoTiginal registration prowueu-wi
In said act. Siin.the discretion of te cpmmand-.
er ot anv aisirieu m- r.xici.m w.iu , -.
her,- eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; and 4he
boards of registration shall have power, and it shall
bd their duty, commencing fourteen ; tlays prior to
anv election under .said act, and; upon reasonable
public notice of the time and place thereof, to revise,
for a period of five days,, the registration lists, fid
urKin being satisfied that) any person: not entitled
tlioreto has been registered, to strike the name of
sitrh pxrson from the list, land such person shall not
be allowed to vote. . Anu fsuintw.uu
11112 the same period, add jto such registry the names
of all persons who at that ; time possesses the quahfi-f
cations required bv said act who have mot been , al-j
ready registered; and no person shall, at any time;
i entitled to be resistered or o vote by reason of
-any executive pardon or jamncsty for any act or
thin."- whi ll. without sucn panion or amueaij,
disaunlify him; from registration or voting. 1
t?EC 8 And be it further enneted. That section
four of Kiid last-named act shall be construed to tvi
thorize the commanding general named therein,
whenever he shall deem it needful, to remove any
member of a board of resrist ration, and to appoint
another in his stead, and to fill any vacancy in such
board l: - ' " i T I ' : i i f ' I
. pFcO And be it further enacted. That all pienv
hers of said boards, of registration and i all person.8
hereafter elected or appointed to office in: said mihr
tart districts, under anv so-called State or municip
al authority, or by detail or appointment of the dis
trict commanders, shall be required to take and sub
scribe the oath of office prescribed by law for offl-
Li lT.!tw1 Stains i ,' 1 i J
Pf.c. 10. And be U further ennrtrtl. That no com
mander or memlier of tne ooara 01 regisirauoii, o
ant- of the offlcers or appointees acting underjthem,
shall be bound in his action by any opinion of .any
civil ntneer or tne unueu iiaiea. i . - :
$t.c JI And be it farther enartea. inai an me
pro-visions of this astiand of the heb to which this is
1..; ,... cl,oll Tu nnctriifir1 liberallv. . tO the
end that all the intents thereof jmay be ; fully and
perfectly carriedj outJ t L ' ' '
Sneaker of the House of Representatives,
i ' B. F. WADE, : ,L
i i . President of the Senate prof tempore. -
OFFICIAL.
r
TKElTI
S
1
Cnnirhttioii betteeen the United states and
- :: k. '-.
the Empire of Japan ; Conducted at Yedo
JaTtuari2s'86i: I Proclaimed April .
1866.
it
BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE EXITED
STATES OF
i "M -'': AMERICA. , 5
A EHQOLAMATIOM. - : !
a ronverition between the United
States of America and the Empire (of Japan,
for the reduction of import dutieb, was conclu
ded, and signed by their plenipotentiaries, at
rrtYt 'Aw . of Jannarv.
eighteen hundred arid sixty-four,! ; which Con-
voTinnn npintr 1 1 1 i.iit iliiii ixsij ayuvov.
VMt.aa Or.."' i i r 1"
i word tor . t wora as 101-
andfacilita-
1 f V TT1
fid States in Jatian : and after flue delibera
llO V -w
ID rVT Tflll 1 1 1 1 1
tion, his Excellency Robert H. y rh)Ti, minis
ter residentKOf the Umtetl otatcs japan,
Qn',1 b1jpvccirencv Sibata S.idataro. eovern-
efs from theirTospeetiTe governments, have
ai;rcVil on the" followirigaHicUs, yiz :
WiJ-T r T Tho followim nrtacles. used in
. 11.1 1 1.1. A. - -- ir'v 1
the prejiaratioxi and iJa'ckingofTttfas, shall be
freeofduty:- f K1 -
fbheet lead solder.! mamng raianu iui
IT'IlCt l- ll.')' o"-t-ihlnt
in .: ii'iillfO
gyrsuul $rmo pans van(l
l..1lcts : . ' . i I i
. . . - - j 0 7 O. i ! V
AunctB n. The i)llowtng Articles'
shall
be admitted at the reduced
ceqt : I i - I j ' 1
duty of five per
1-
-Machines and machinery
Idniis and
Medi-
cines
VotP The rirohibition'of the impor
ttrUou f opium according toj the jexisting trea
ty remain in lull lorcei iron, m; pis or o ,
sheet iron and wire ; tin piates : ; wmie "ug")
' "I 1 J . 1 I".
J - i- J .. i : 1 ! i ..
in
loaves or crusneti; giass ana giassic ,
', and watch-ch'aini : wines, mal-
clocks,
watched
- ; I - i , 5 - j I " : i I 1 I i I ' - -.
ted and spirituous liquor. 1
AuTiri.E TIT. The citizens bf the I L nitcd
States importing or exerting; goods: f
goods are intended for theirQwa '-useor not
t ARTICLE J, V . . 1HH yumuutwu uoruig uwm
agreed upon a year agond it signature de
layed through u'nayoidabletreumstaivces, it is
hereby agreed that1 the! sakne sljall go Into ef-:
feet at Kanagawaon the fetli of Febiiary next,
corresponding to the first clay oi the first month'
of the fourth Japanese yeaf; 6f Bunkin JCe,- aiiJ
at Nagasaki and Hakodateron ithe 9thday ; of
March next; correspond ingto the firtdav of
the second month of the fogcth;. JapanJear
of-Junkin Ne. '.: -':-" . L T-v.-J? '
V Done, in quadruplicate each copy being
-u,rVbo Vnrtish 'v Jiatiftnptse. ' and Duteh
1) i 1 L lV A I ll , f . 7
languages, all the versions haying " the same
meaningbut the Dutch version
aidoiWl as the; briffinali
L- 7 c , . . - il : -'
tilen-
In witness Whereox. tue apove-naroqu
ipotentiaries havehereunfef setliheirhaiidand
seals, at the city of Yedo,he tijit-nt-eigth day
of January of the year "of pitr Irdr one thou
sand eight hundred and gxty-fqur, and of. the
Independence of the United States thp eighty-
eigmti, con espuMtuug " F""v J ;
the twelfth month of lhe third year of f Bunkin
Ye of the Japanese era--" 'XLr '"
sEAi. ',: r ??p?RTf '
And whereas the said Cnven'tion has been
duly ratified on both parti, 'A .-.; ' I ;
Novv, therefore, be it Mourn that I, Axpkew
Joiissox, President of tHo TJnjited Suites , of
America, have caused thef laid ponVention to
be made public, to the' bn$thatthe same and
every clause and article thereof! may bje obser
ved and fulfilled with g5rfd faith by tj Uni
ted States and the citizens ,thrbf. ,
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set niy
harid and caused the sealf-theSUnited States
to be affixed. , " Ji j -j- j- : ' : '
Done at this city of Washington,; this
ninth day of Apnl,! injthe yeir of our
i Lord one thousAwl (eight Hundred
l. s. and sixtv-six, arid of (the Independ
ence of the United States of America
the ninetieth. i V 1 " I i.
!f ANDREW JOIIXBOX
Bv the President: i 1 '
WnxiAii II. SpvXSoT Secretary pf. State.
Secretary bf
This high-handed outrage naturally i excites
a great deal pf comment jas " thp boldest 'step,
vet made by the President toward absolute
I power. Animated Dy a spine oi lawlessness,
wnicn is snarpeneu jui iiiaiiguLunji uawcii
tbA Wnl statesmen oi the Forth. Jhe evi
dently intends to undo all the ork I tatT has
diHn thtfDast two years. 11 is not tonly the
. '-. ; m i . . IL- ,i-'.,
ovpciitivft or tne civu. oui, voiuuiauuvi
in-chief
lif firr hovi-er of cojuntrv.
Satis-
lied that a uunif constituted as re that joi An
drew Johnsori will recogni2Knq authority, but
lilis own, and no law'iritended to. guard against
the despoticexercise 6f thePresidential office,
we see, no safety for tHC country but irj his im
peachment.! Unfortunately for the country
this just constitutional remedy has net ,been
applied and' we are subjected tb the psolute
domination of a madman. The Accidental
President who has reached h' presen place
through! a bloody asinhtion1 f a curious and
rni;tic!il fnnctirtiis.! He is stoutly built, with
strong animal passions, but is secretive in the
indulgence of theni. One of his secretaries in
Nashville, being inebriated on the stiet, - an
nouriced'as a good joke, that the government
of Tennessee was drunk.; I the -Cjroveriior-' was
v Co
driiTiL- locVfd nn in his roim. the. clerk was
ilrunk ati a tavern waf byjatid hd was 4runk oh
tboetrAot. n! a rpnresentatif 0 man of
t;i isihrnent.. . ' . . it. !
The President is fearfully f&norant, and
consequently warart?i in fod. Iis lapk of edr
ucatiotwas a miforttine over ;hicb he Mid
no control, as it resulted from his extremelr
biiTiiV.lricondition of Tife:' butt when the did
lf.im how to read he appears td have
directed
: v 7 1 . . : 1 . ti
his attdriton entirely to the method o aggran
dizing power. His lust of pow-fer is, insatiable,
and bis threats ot a dictatorship; wnen -swinging
around the circle" lastsumm ir, were but
the outeroppincrs of a class of i t lotisrhts that
have lorn? mastered liim.t In shying Jthat he
might have made tumsei aiciawr ne miowuu
th:ii he had familiarized Ins mind 'ith the
thought of a dictatorshiji, andjordinay reason
suggests, that such f amiiiarity would only have
grown out of the w ish to achieve it. j A true
patriot would have di,cgunterianced such a
thought in 'a moment, as t treasonablef to the
country and insulting to the natiofi, but An
drew Johnson repeated it, so that" the- public
niindjnight become ! farailiarized ih ;the
idea. !.liis cringing anid degraded Secretary of
State reiterated the samej i&eaj and asked the
Tipoidfi " whether thev would have J ohnson
for President or king. p I '
The President is essential! a demagogue,
who has learned the use of a few catch-penny
phrases, so often repeated by him that a man
Avith tolerable memory might f at a moment's
notice recite a sample spejech of his. These
nrotst his J devotion to the Constitu
tion: notwithstandinjr he held all through the
w ar that men who prated about the Constitu
tion were to be " spottec" as traitors. jHe
professes devotion to the country, and . reiter
ates other yague generalities which riean .no
thing, especially asi interpreted by hii acts, f
i 11 iVa lmrless man. resbeckinff neither; the
to-a inf th land nr piiblic 'Opuiioxu . This lat-
ter might seem inconsi31nt with his unscru
pulous'ahlbition but fjsambition not. that
of a patriot nor a statjsnak ; j it is merely an
inordinate love otpovwl l He loves power .jas
the miser loves gofd,! for its crvru sake 'arid he
revels in its exercise with all the. recklessness
of an irresponsible ruler by divine right. Ne
ro w'as not more devilish in his demoniacal or.
derto Seneca to put an end to himself than
t the full measure, of
WKfUW-L i i" "i 7 1 . i.i
his malioiity toward- Stantoni or Sheridan, or
any.uuiei man wuvwk. . ..::..
the people by devotion to me.umoti cause.
He has no self-respect, ;although.egregiousiy
;t,,7 ' 11 thliiks he knows mbrerlaw
and more about the-eharicterj of thej United
States Governriient th4h all other mn in it
while his speeches; so pieniuuu
l Trrmrmns. substantiate tne
charge of seli-conceit. His want ,of self-res-peet.on
the other baad, has been repeatedly
sibility,and by the, most absolute. abasement
tflwifwmi-iu'iftii'na innnornration dav shocked
the'icountry, buhe was incapable of apprecia
ting the sense of propriety - he; had so terribl y
outraged. !: .- tfr" . j :'- 1 ;-'i' : '
j IJe is whoUy rcgardkss of truth so much
L it., Si-Ko"- nUnnnldpnt.s never feel more
1. 'sure of a prospective act than; when they have
his aemai oi it. xie myi r
species, and like aU'ingrates is never J iso w ell
rratitiel as when he is injuring thoseto whom
he s most indebted!. . Per 6ntra, like a mean
do, he appears to be grateful for kieiksj and
goes down deprecating! before the hiagnates
of the South Avho always despised him. leff.
Davis called him l a miscreant " once on the
floor of the SeiiateVan&tie'as repeatedly and
iiuiformly denounced by the das he!
I ! H, ' . i I . J-i i .' .,'.'. 17 t f 1
now
tomnttf tn conciliate: but which will -hot for
give him for bejrig a 'wean white. This
makes him angry and spiteful, and heightens
m
"SSTKr-- TTi 'whoTefeiIfftK has Falwav
been in opposition, and he gratifies his hates
sfiow his nower" bisi disregard of the ' people's
wishes,atid his hatred of Union men at the
satiie time by crushing all he can. XTbe , spirit
of the rebellion is ? more embodiedvjn -Andrew
Johnson to-day thkri U1 Jefferson Davis,' and
it lSr impossiuie tuaii kitu , u ajui-j. , ,
made a worse President than the former. .
''Andrew Johnson has 'a will of th$ strongest
Vind 1 which ktvnd him ebnsistent to a purpose
without regard t4 consistency of action. ; He
. ,. , , . , i , . ' n a JiArf
13 muusn in nis , siuuuyrmieBs, nuu v
room enough in his ! head; forjany other jman's'
thoughts to leavchim open to . conviction.
Hence, when once started on the wrong track
t. in lmiftssihleto!oruidehim. and Cnat strength
of will which is of, great service when governed
0y a wise; juuguit;u.itjewp
under existing cirpujnstances. ' '. ; ; ' T "
When to his ignorance his passion, his law
lessness; his ingratitude, his recklessness, his
lust of newer, hisiselficonceit, his want f .self-
irespec iisdisregard oijpujblicw opinion, juid
J,-'- 1- I .'77'' 1.-1 .11. : i,Wt V,1 XT
nis muiisnnessi xemper. yo waivij,
wnicu is nie oi liiuu.ua. r i uiic xxumus villi...,
which drily makes his thick skin palerwhile
it blossoms into Bardolpliian noses' on others,
you haye tho compound that iot more than
two years has led, a great oiationr triumphant
overits foesr f rom the heighVpf. glory down
the hili'of humiliation into the A ery gulf of
degradattoh. ' II has abased, t before its
nwn tut hintd . traitors, and iriade the conquer
or bow,liisueck: n shame before the conquer-
and threatened it but yet it allows hi-t re
main iri the Executive chair to prostiluti the
jrreat powers conferred rip'on the, Chief Officer
for public good tb the destruction of the coun-
tfy. In any other land he would long since
have producel a bloody revolution but tne
people, expecting to be rid of him by impeach
ment,have waited on Congress indignant and
patient. I He meins to tiiido the .wprk of .Con
gress ; to so organize the South under the Mil
ftary Reconstruction acts.asc to make , 'Con-o-ress
repeal its own enactments. ' This isi his
purpose and he will hesitate at no measures,
however desperate, in carrying it i out, ii The
loyal nation mustf prepare eitheir to drink;; the
cup of humiliation to the dregs, or, hurt the
monster from hii seat j- Washington Chron-
tele.
Vremi the Waahinsrton Chronicle. ' :
Removal of Rebels from Office. .
Inasinuchas itlwas made the duty of the
Tci ri thf rpbpl lions States
to remove" all disloyal persons from I office ;. in
their respective districts,-as well as those ,wno
obstruct, hinder' jdelay, or prevent the du and
nmn'oT kilministratiori oi the law, we 1 should
i 7 ! . . , -
like to see the wprk' j,.of - regeneration down
S-itVi J,-.Trioioi-ir.i.rl in, crnod earnest. . IhC meaS-
jirf s adonted bv Coneress disavow the legality
. 7. 1 i . ' i ,-1.1-- -d:
ot tne governments sex up oy me x icsiucui,
and re-eorrnizes thbm ais Drovisional merely tb
absoliite hiatus until the "personnel
of the government can be changed bv hew ap
pointment. ; The present officials of the 1 pro
visional State ffoternmehts are almost umver-
sally of the rebel
iious class, and should bd su
per ceded. I 1 hey
are riot appointees v of the
President; but or
the President's governors on
a nrtvjjtred electoral douv or. wune umwis.
. .. It, '.).:. 1 i.-.'s-, - Jt "-T;i.
Sucn men 'cannotf fail to be great obstacles m
! the way xf Reconstruction. , Their yeiy res
! on in fifee (t'ivhs: them power, and influences
the! surrounding Community. -The" masses of,
tins ,-hrnle" who. ktiew thsev office-holders iis
, . i - . ,
r-ivil or militarv officers under the Confederate
Ii' iyvnrnniprit.l findiitcr them still the recipients of
: " ' v ' j T c?
honors ana prongs, nacurany conciuue uiw;
altV is at a discount, or that it at best like vir-
f 7 -J3 n All wJ..t,-4lA'finiitri
tue, its own rew;aru. ah uu-uugu mc w'i
there are earnest-loyalists who have "suffered
nut of devotion to
illV. 11 ' ........ y .. T. '
.mii-a ntnso I Tlw-. h.ive suffered so
!;ii oc4rncism: locsil oppression', crovernmental
.11 .--V. ... , Il 'j ' 0 . O 1
despotism, loss of business,' and in many m
ctnicrK havfi en dured I banishment' thatl they
riil:ht prove their1 devotion to. the ; Union.-Vrtw-
Viot tKttnion has triumphed it should
IT V l-Oi OJ ,M.M.I- X
reward their devitionby bestowing ripon them
all tne ounces: 111 uoni". uicn, m m aw
its own interests by securing aevotea ames in
....... i - ' i - i i j -i.;ii - - :
the place ; ot Over powerea dui sun coppu
if For the benefit of such, of our commanding
igenerais as wisiisto can jf pui uio ,?ryy"f " "
"tion measures inj letter and in spirit, we. quote
! the following paragraph; from the fourth sec
tion of the act last passed over the President's
i And it shall be the duty of such commander
to remove fro m afce as ajoresatu, preut
dijtimial to the Government of the
Trnited States. 6rtchoiiA their oiRcial inflii
ence in amy manner tohindery delay, prevent,
or obstruct tne due ana proper uurmnisvru-
r-v a.Xa Aft. Mid th acta to which it is
su pnlementary.
ii
. 1-
1
i
Tiunts and Sneering. i 1
I The pitiful attempt made upon the part of a
limited class of effete pro-slavery adherents to
lise- the weapon of sneering and scoffing, in
Order to blot out of social standing or J exis
jtence any onb oil their former Southern friends
Who happens to feave the manhood and f inde
pendence to ppebly avo w himself in f avpr of
the llepublidan cause, is reacting witlt deci
ded effect. IThere is scarcely a plank left
Whereon to tarid for these persons who put on
Lnnh aillv airi' iTTollowand contemptible ' as-
sumptions tith
1 !?il-I l it. - 1Vl.r : tviori ftl
plausjLbility jwu
soon lose all their power or
nre iierfectlv well aware' bf
w . v. - r- ... , . , , - ,
terrorism. '- V
the insolent spirf t ol tyranny wnicn nas so iuuS
been exercised Over the - freedom of thought
knd opinion inonariy portions of the South,
Thousands of good and well-disposed - men
Jiave heretofore regarded it almost as a iriatter
pf stern necessity , to; yield and bend to this
iniser able spirit tot intolerance. The simple
Wr of rneetiner with! thereproach. and scorn-
l..A.i i nrUf m Arl'iwsirilice trulv la
rrCorl h
mentable. . 3Iariy noble-hearted men haye hes
itated and doubted, land at last abandoned tne
.-..I,. .: .. -f tVii Jina inftf- and 'rrpnPTOUS PUrPO-
sesi rather than krieet theS scornful taunts . of
those with whom they had been on terms of
familiarity. We all comprehend - this thing
fully, arid thoroughly and. every considerate
man rejoices atlhe aceuinulating evidences of
when principles measures, policies, and men
Avill be" judged jandj respected ' according to
their intrirtsic juerit1 arid personal1 worth.
Thousands ojf true and meritorious- Southern
nvp dpffminod to be swaved 7 no longer
bv these bast&esb assumptions of social superi
ority. As tHeyconlprehencl tne real siiuaiion
they willingly arid, ilegolutely array themselves
in the Hepuliican ranks.' As time progresses
We confidently lboKjf or constant accessions to
the Republican 'party from the hetetofqre ru
ling and influential classes bf the, Sou A4 The
petty fuctions that assume to contest the po
litical field withithe 6nly great and live party
M th (.ftnntrv. is no lon?crlhe place for men
who are disposed to advance with the progres
sive spirit of the age. .The doctrine of "equal
rights bclore thy iqwv no, longer iiasiy,.
(.:' :-
thev embrace Repub-
licanis'm with an earnestness- that is gratifying
to every patriotic heartr-raViw Mem Mcputh
y. - -'' - ' ' " -y--- - v- "w. -' i r ; j
-ii'V -- 'Vi
Tlii orrnlt ; mass of the people of th sorth
are 4eeplyj interested in the progress 6 ' futh?
ern reconsfruction. : 'Theearpesav 4 sWthe
full restorltion of theten- .uiirecoi tWe4
accomDlisi such an event consistent t 1H4 the
plan provided by Congress. ? : j ij -J.
XniS aesire, IU Hie urfc ymcvy ta xuit Jaup
on natriotm considerations, . lhe
Jbneni
Pa the
Irebel-
of lovfi forfthe Union so deeply pi
..,- ..ii -. j 't
71 . " T . 4 , .
i,vn hdirmff hwn nut nown. .suu iuei
ttional
.anthorifir :tiiblished in eVervvortioi
f the
OTM.li-vi.VT ' . . I ' I
. ' i - i i V A ni.i:.i.!
republic, the peopie long v" y -"v o viuux
ment of suph a spirit of free ind unrj Hctec
intercourse as will harmoriW with bur tpe pof
sition as aviation. w. f-r. ifr.f ::VA.-
As a secondary consideration, butofiei jaf the
greatest mpments to us all, the r orthe"ro jnass
mereial'grtui4s. 'tf?tl ' J M ;il
v cohere i abundant evidence gbmg jf trov
tnati inousaiuojs vx cajjiuiiow ure n i
natientlv waitino; for a favorable opporvanitV
to niake investments at . the South. What
they very haturally desire, is to see pt v e ana
order pernlaneritlyrestored so "that IsCurity
.... L ii. X -m
will be attrdea to person ana propertr inere
s a'general conviction that such a fijurabtt
iondition of things can and will be lbpnght
a rfcfitrwTfltinn ia fullv fcflrtfHl.
and herice lhe general interest pervaliry the
j ortnern nuriu uu luio ouujmh, u,
general itf the belief that North.- CarcJiin will
be among fne s-nrst; oi ( me unrecvifairuciev.
bAc.k to her oositionin tlie.llnibnl
that, vnrinna intellicrent Northern" cip'talist
have, withjri the past lewmontns, maaq large
investments in umereui poi uuu? vi i- uwic,
We make this statement not upon fcit re ru-
mbr, but iund it on lnrormation oi yie mosi
.JjoWW oiiiirflotAr Did J the I convidtkn not
ICUauav oUAA w-vm-v . , r 7
prevail among these men jthat reconstruction,
as prOViUC'U MV VUllgieiss, io w .Vi,r;; f
" a fixed ifctp none 01 xnese . iqr9Bueuui
would takl place. With capital coni imnii
'crratiori. - It beiner palpable then that lea ly re
construction will bring both, does ii. t e
hoove ve, citizen to give the full tfei ghi' of
nis mnuence iu. sefuiuis w
all "-f .ATVoiTSni L
ia securing
jconsuflarioft-
Nevobem
ilepu
epttblican.
1
1 Mr. Lincoln's Dreami
Tn the doiirse! of ' Judire' Pierm
ment. vesterdav Lafternoon he allu
most, imnrfessive1 effect, tbi a dreai
L,incoln, wnicnn several; occasion
Curred to hint before great national cllittutiesi
This dream he had the night' -before IJ assasi-
ainfltiori. arid the next dav he mentlotfed the
" --; - . . i, . ..
Hot to General Grant, among other?
fLavint?
that he feired some crreat evil, and
e (:pres8-
who-
in0' a Suong ueoiie iu nt-ai Aiuio. kjiiv.1
iraa'tliPit in "N"ort.h Corolma. and wl
oij army
was the only one not in teiegrapnic
',oi imunt-
cation with W ashington. ! Jtiacrc
aa rif r1fit tJifl dream itself: but fMb. Lin
coln related it biefore his death, and like ever-
thing in any way connected; wun toit bau
tragedy, i canhpt fail tori have a mbsijpathh
etic intereft. ! Hie seemed f, to bef af ica lrta
vessel, that was swept along W an lfreastible
.7. i!i-i JJ .mln.i;.m i-wtiintv .it
'lirTPnr, n want m uucisuuiu. nviu ,i ..i. . v
LV'-BI I
Ishift-i
kped no!nwer eottld save' Her. It tr
, T.'l 7i: il'i ,vi tt.i.
iasier ine winri-iiisj.ii pisaHcci
ita
rd th vprtpy. iiiitil ;leekin? . t
ian into
the black ubj-ssj amid tbe:deafeni
S 0 . ..... I
oar. of
tho w-.ivps! and with the sensation
f.inkinc
dowm, doWn,dovn an unfathoriiable
.eitli,the
Trrifion1 dreamer awoke. ! The sam
;errible
Mr T.incoln had four. times r first before
v.i c4-AVr.i Rnll Rnn 'incrain '.Before 'the
second disastrous defeat at the s
i j i:k..n.Ja ofoor lot th sftm Place.
tptace,
again ueiuic.ii.ucj uavm vi ...j...i--tinallv.
as ib6ve tnentioned, on. the ni
nuu
tbetore
'i ' J1 'L; "xt .1 TIT: T !iAin
nis own assamuuu u. "vu
I ai last
ctert ol
n tlio ilrftam as a
some gravblisaiter, and one can hi
sider his so regarding it .i mere su
dy eon-
ierstitionii .
Whether We attribute it tb some su
Unt ltris rprtainlviane of
eiaatural
tl e most
interesting of psychological mysteries, ind re-
minds us torcply tnat -mere are uiyn.- iij'
in heaven knd earth than, we haved:eamed
nofiof.hv.w -Wash. ChrSnt'le.
, j ,
' -' - i i ''. :
Th a Work tolie DoneJ
1
i i
the orer!
of the
"Grand I Army of the . Republic,'! :-nd jthe
TTi: t k.,Lt Arvvrli-Iio "thus lihplVSUmS
U,5. ', . .l. 1 il. . i,JL , a rtf t h
up the worK to oe qo jie pjr mc . jw--v-c.Ui,
k-lir. i'tA iPritir thomselvt' to the
L Utlla t w
blessings pf the, U mon :
I
i BECOXSTBLriOX
TtiJo is hn rrrat. nnPKtion of : theiUe.
It.
:AIIW IO Wll, 51"... j . . . .
successful accomplishment1 is the triimpnot
Civil iioeriy ,uu luxo wuutcuii ---
tion of "popular j government for, mai. Its de
feat will! re-affirm the history of Republics in
the Old WorldJ and renew to the njwwchwts
of EHrbpe theirlleaseof power for ae?tury. .
On another! page will jbe foundthe repon,
struction measures complete, as die ated by
a loyal,!! liberty-loving constituencf,k and
framed and enacted by their faithful a id pure
nanrneontat'irns.' it 'l 7 .! B E" if - i
i. lltati uvi"'- . -
nirins whole- arid constitute the chart i y whu l
TPftiifps compinea. iorm ii
twelve millions of people are to be guiied into
the haven of perpetual Union, on the. basis of
equql justice to all. j lj j,' ? V',1 .
These fmeasures are the subsUtUtci which
the loyal eitizens of the Republic Jrtposefor
the slavefcode arid the aiitocraticHeidership
which have been dethroned by the jya? for the
preservation of liberty and the maintenance of
the Union. I What do they prescriljei Ut us
examine i ' 'k , ' '.'t ' A '''' :'Jr:'-'V. .
i. That all persons bom or naferWtzed 111
the United States or subject to the jar sdicUon
thereof, I shall ) be citizens, ; and fthit their
:i. i,l,ii i iw. oV.i;,frroft hv nfcvfotate.or
. o . That, those who made and conjltted the
-i--ii: itL. ,.;An.w at-pn in'.oath to
TeUeiUOIli Xiav UIg peouueuj -j--'
7... .A TTnJAn chall not. TiiarticlPfctO in the
work of Reconstruction, nor hold ofhec Of pro
i. j i' l n vi;i7ri nf itJeir .dis-
m HULL all V I UUHl ,..jV-. vjv. j;- . . ....
ability by; I ithe representatives it M peo
ple: y mil i: . ::'U l L4-
3. That the public debt of the Uip
l i:.i.:1:f:n;1n.nmul b thp -dnfmsS 01 the
illiu uaumuta iiivuovv. n. v. r - ...
nation, siaU beheld sacred, andjt cap
tions incurred in the assault upo ilP Unioti,
or claims for the loss lOfV&SUm n
. ?y.rrrrTi7y anv state. . !
4; That alt -male ' citizens' of the United
States above twenty-one years of age, not dis
qualified by pirticipatiori in efforts jto destroy
the nation, sliall hav equal voice in the recon
ihwr local Governments, ahd ul
pu.uv m" r -dt - 1 A 1
the selection of men to frame and . adnumstcrJ
their laf s.
This the
And the
' 7 ' f,U "
foregoing
i defau.'d
wlinle case
. : -lJ -i -.4- All ttirt rput. ia TriPfP.
reconstruction meuuie.-. ( v-- -
detail to secure these ends, rendered necessary
by the hostility of the .rebel leaders, and the
opposition of the national Executive. ,! ?
Willi ou pity a body that is going toll
)iock?and.will you not pity it soyl that is Jj
he
block
ng to the-pit ?
Minim-
led! with
ibf Mr.
iiadoc
T .flnm a Trtltlft. ' '
.1 .
a Traaa
."itti '. nrXnnrtltl Of VOOnC mCH
j ' fl llj 121 lj tllw (-iiv FlyrV LI . T
Jwho turn1 out badly is so mucW larger than it
Ut tn.h9 V.rprv moralist J and, tp tact,
:tloAk v v -
every close observer, i kn?ws toat tne propox.
ition ot shittles, goou-iw-uviv 7 & "
has largely increascnl within thlaBt feyea",
particplarlyin th? large towni knd citiesjbut
itnose wno aiscusa me suuj.
t., f K tma.lAvtdiinntioilJ T Ih OUT lttdg-
iment the question is one of very pasy solution.
it r ... v...L f fla:nnlfl which
i v e aunuuic ii pi'" " "v f -
induces parebts to put tneiri ooj
K.a irntbor 'than apprentice tnem w
Sood trades! Merchants, Banket, Insurance
men and others oi tnis ciuss iy yTcii. -applications
If Rom parents whd want Bituationa
for their bovtsj but manuiaciuri-rp u -.
riossihle to ffet apprentites. It Was not bo. tn
former timei. Fifty years agomuch later, ,
in fact parbnts generally reghijded a U"ae
as something cssentail in . tha preparation pi
khwr boys for.the battle of life Even men
whose circumstances didnot-WoAnre them w
do niapual labor made it a pomjt to have their ;
boys learn trades, in order to $ve them pr4-
ucui lueas auwui oU8iueo, " 7.
diistnous, aiid also to furnish tlerii something '
to fall back upon in case ot aaversuy. now.
f i ... o j irn,.l,n;.i .nil i 1ilmrinef men.'. '
ieeu, luiiv i"v v.ij r J f )
(that they ought to place,their Wys, peg above
imanual labor. iney seem ioj in uj. iu. we;
ijlace them hi positions w here tney can wear
ninn nthnt !Hli L'OOIl I HCir - DUILU BOlfc 1HM
.TiiiJwi n,.'vcr u.n a a fTicatier mistake.
, 111 tv i. v. i v. . iv v . , ' 3 - - T i7 1
i Xook at Uhe, leading men ibj "ur wuu;(
from Presideritidown, and you kill bc that,
1 : ...i.-, ;it it. Jt ". ...V... l..nrwvl tndril in
as a ruie, iu is vue men w, hv j4 m.
their youth Jvho bave. beconw! tforempstm
everv branch of progress and enterpriscl The
boy who' is placed m a s'tore br, bflice usually
gets his head full pf vanity 1 ind Belf-coneeit
beforehe has been loug in hif jliosition. He
acquires an inordinate love of flWs 'andsoon
becomes so puffed up in his i ewii estimation,"
that practical common sense can find no lodge
meiit in his brain!) His aim is tj ffrbss as well
and live as liigh a those with vfljomhe comes
nl.,1 hi is-nuitoliktW ko cro from
habitsiof extravagance to hibits -of dissipa- J
tion. I We do not wish to be understood as ,
sayingjthat tjii's is tho road whUi all boys f rav
elwhodbnot.leani trades. V simply say;
that sitch isj the tendency, arid t requires a i
boy pf good jnind, fortified by fetod early train- ;
ing, to Vesistthe temptation. H I- r , ' i:
Theboy ivho is put to' a trad
0, pn vue umci j ,
t r
hand, y-ives vanity out little chance to
get bold i ; j
as about .
frucralitv ' i
dlm'lavs thelfoundation of a r
... r I V t- mr ,
good useful and iridustrious cittfedn. The idea j '
hW niniil!!ilmt ' not. wresiWctabre.i 'is one !
of the absurjlcst things iii thisjte of absurdi
ties, fvo person With a thimbU-Ml Of bradnf
willsay nnvtjhingpf the kind, uil those silly
creatures' wlie d6tay so arc generally the de
gemate scions of lia'rd-vrorking iiechanics.
Every, boy; n hether rieh or ptiior, nigh or low,
work at t, but that Hej iW have as-
ways
l eserve Capiial, toirethe
with it.4 influence in
f onniticc his cliaractet
T'Tf-Kr-ixo Sekd Whkat. A correspondent
of the Canad a Farmerrwritiiig?on the subject
of wheat growing, offers thcfpllowingi-rAn'
Unporiuiufc uper;iioii4ii mu fn ntiw v..
soM-ino- is too of toil nealec'tedt-fl allude to tho
:..i,i;f tVi coAil Vrnt ..lt iKj&nts out to us
the bad grains, which may UiMS bo removed,
reducing tlii tiercentage oi josi seem ;.ana e-
comllv. it strikes at the root of iriut and other
fiinni for it) is these verv impcWetly formel
frmfna that, are chicflv attacked bv such para-
itc 1 nui wtniit is Ioi
jNoMlsiimtisloiin.i in; it Me niqieneci
TT ' - , . -..'..'.. , .
::rvnin. -nnd in such small nuantlties iatliotan-
'?B !!' .id hnt. itj-nbrnirlMMi Inltlie root of
r-i.n t . Imrtif-Mirr out. A'- ihort time af. f.
t i,o vnniifr id.mt. Inirsfincr out
'- .- J -..
i '"y J , ! o f T 7 7 i
. Tr : it.'!1 '
itnr tun iViriwr. i rnw
throws upon
Jt lUIILI. til lliu
;,tnri- rnitv florin with
which
c arc but too 1
familiar!, flf-wo !simtly steel
6wt wheat in
water.: the liirht grains whit
hJ though tod-
he.ivv to be blown out by thf
ami ing mill.
surface and
may bef renWedl If to' this
;irp ll m (TUTf. w ill inc iu. uw
writer we aaa
I mt
lime, we shall kill all traces
of emut, '3tc
.&c, Which fcnay have clung to
tic otherwise
sound seed bv contagion witll
the infected
o-rnin lluti let us remember".
apoVe all, that
the most certairi'prescription for khe securing
- . . i r I 1 . m.
of txoOd crobs, is a cnange oi bcim yuuc
1 from afd iff eivnt variety of sjiil.'
see
Clovku c .v Ltfsu r Soils. ii . cprresnondent
in the Hanimoriton Culturist cWmjinicates
the follOwirig on this subject j J
"Tlicrp iia crerieral imprcsMon th
t'llicht
sfiits'will not produce clover.
. ... " . . .
-- n I : .
mitt
rig; that
they are noi as well adaptod tp this (grass as
heavier soil, it is far from beUalhe fact that
I'th'ov will nrifnrodricc it atl alLf cir that I COod
l..mnnf nioipr ennnot bu pTownl upon Ithem.
let me retcir to me crops oi, uvwu. - 1x4 iyi
F'sq at. Wftislow'p whose land.4 ire naturally
nuring and bultivationyfias sucbeddedin b'ring-
iiijx them to a condition of fertility which not
only yields iim remuncratiyeti-orls, butamong
them tliose which,' herf'toforej it kas been con
sidered impossible jto grow pre fitkble on light
SOUS,. SUCH as Wlieau, rye, corn uim mum jiar
ticularly cliver. J Now; clover. Of all others,
is a crop wljich farmers on light soils should
cultivate. It has! a large 'tap root, deriTes a
greater portion of, its substarice f rom the at-
,,.....V, Jn,1 .w liirht soilJ ftr-fl'n ltlira.ll V idf'fi-
! 117 acnuires practuiu ldi'
lilta nrp nionlde
cient iri; Vegetable! matter, the lare amount of j 1
tap root fiisheirthTsmystj dsiable mattjri- :
al. A drestirig of limc say twenky bushels to , !
the acreanila mpderate application of; barn- y
yard manure or super-phosphate pf lirae will ;
insure, in nine -cases out 01 ten, a Corp pi cio- ,t j
ver, -while tie after results will,mre thairComv
pensatefor the 'outlay for mariircKJ" j
ir- i H ..i '
The VauJk of a Scit.u-BOQK.f-Lvcry one
v1ir t.-ilres a newspaper which ho in the least
degree appreciates,' will often regret toeeany
One ntimper inrown asiue , per 1 wasie-prt
whicK contains some intercstina and Impor
tant articled A good way tq1 preserve these is
the use of a scrap-book. J 7 - iJ-jJ1""
fOne whrJ has never Wen acvuUMhrxl thua to
preserve short rirticles can hardly rntlmate tho
jiioasuro it auorusio it oii
theplcasan:; fatniliar pages.
- - - i..fJ
niia turn over
11. -
litre a choice
wHich vou re
piece oa. poeiry. ulceus
member vou wero BOfflad to See in the iapcr.
r- - i . i 0
but which you would loug siricb hkve Iot4iaII
. . . . r ... l..T, J in.- 1. a
ltnot uecn tor your- ci ur-uwa.. uuvm
witty anecdote it does you go ft: to laugh ,
over it yet, though for the twientleth time.
Next is a valuable recipe yoitvha: almont for
gotten, and which you founju,4; in time to, 7
save much perplexity. .There its a vs weet little . !
isrory,the memory of .which hfs heerctl ! and ',
eiiicOuragedyOu many a tjmcyvyhen 1 ilniost ready
to'dispair under the pressure of lif fs cares and
trials, j Indeed, you can hardly taKo .up a sm
without re-perusiniri- Dust crlanco
nirnrtiifi nheet before voU.and Iseei how many
valuable iteVns it contains that kvojild be of ser
vice to vou a hundred timds in lifci A choice
.l.'T...!, ia inw nnumii thlnn n Kit. rf rrlSt.
UlUUUv lO ACL . 1 ivy IV. 1 v ... . f v.. .
tcringgoldi Hoard with oare the precious,
getns, and see at the end ot the vear wnai a ricn,
treasure you urn c aucuiuuuiicu.
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