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STONEWALL.
“Who’veve got there?”—Only a dying brother,
Ilurt in the front .just now,
“Good boy ! He'll do. Somebody tell his mother
Where lie was killed and how.”
“Whomhave you there?’’—A cripple'kfcourier,
Major,
Shot by mistake, we bear.
He was wilh Stonewall.—“Cruel work they’ve
made here;
Quick with him to the rear!”
“Well who comes next?”—Doctor, speak-low,
speak low, sir ;
Don’t let the men find"out.
i It’s Stonewall.—“God!”—“The brigade must
not know, sir,
While there’s a Yank about.”
Whom have wo here—shrouded in martial
manner.
Crowned with a martyr’s charm ?
A grand, dead hero, in a living banner,
Born of his heart and arm :
The heart whereon his cause hung—see how
clingeth
That banner to his bier!
Tite arm wherewith his cause struck—hark !
how ringetli
His trumpet in their rear!
I
I Wnat have we left ?—His glorious inspiration,
His pniyersTin council met.
'■ Living, lie laid the first, stones of a nation ;
And dead, he builds it yet.
THE BUREAU BILL.
Complete Copy of the Picsident’s
Me- sage.
Washington, July 1G.—The follow
ing is the veto inessage'of the President
communicated to day to the house of rep
resentatives : ,
A careful examination of the hill passed
by the two houses of congress, entitled,
“An act to continue in force and to amend
‘An act to establish a bureau for the relief
of freedmen and refugees, and for other
| purposes, lias convinced me that the
i legislation which it proposes would not be
I consistent with the welfare of the country,
j and that it falls clearly within the reasons
assigned in my message of the 19th of
! February last, returning without my sig
! nature a similar measure which originated
I in the senate. It is not. my purpose to re
; peat the objections which 1 then urged.
! they are yet fresh in your recollection,
I and can bo readily examined as a part of
j the records of one branch of the national
i legislature. Adhering to the principles
! set forth in that message, I. now reaffirm
; them and the line of policy therein indiea
, ted. The only ground upon which the
kind of legislation can be justified is the
! war making power. The act of which this
bill is intended as amendatory was passed
j during the existence of the war. ]}y its
j own provisions it is to terminate within
j one year from the cessation of hostilities
j and the declaration of peace. It is there
' fore yet in existence. It is likely that it
I will continue in force as long as thefreed
men may require the benefits of its provis
. ions. It will certainly remain in operation
as a law until some months subsequent to
the meeting of the next session of con
gress, when, if experience shall make evt
| dent the necessity of additional legislation,
j the two houses will have ample time to
mature and pass the requisite measures
In the mean time, the questions arise, why
should this war measure be continued he
I yond the period designated in the original
act, and why in time of peace should a
military tribunal be created to continue
until each state shall be fully restored in its
j constitutional relations to the government,
and shall be duly represented in the con
gress oi me i. nucu statesi at was mani
fest, with respect to the act approved
March 5, 1865, that prudence and wisdom
alike required that jurisdiction over all ca
ses concerning the full enjoyment of the
rights of citizenship as well as the protec
tion of person and property, should be con
ferred upon some tribunal in every state
or district wheic the ordinary course of
judicial proceedings is no longer interrup
ted. The courts, both state and federal,
are in full, complete and successful opera
tion, and through them, every person, re
gardless of race and color, is entitled to.
and can he heard. Tho protection grant
ed to the white citizen is already conferred
by the laws upon freedmen. Strong and
strengthened guards by way of penalties
and punishments are thrown around his
person and property, and it is believed
thot ample protection will be afforded him
by due process of law, without resort to
the dangerous expedient of military tribu
nals. Now that the war has been brought
to a close, the necessity no longer existing
for such tribunals, which had their origin
in the war, grave objections to their con
tinuance must present themselves to the
minds of all the reflecting and dispassion
ate. Independently of the danger in rep
resentative republics of conferring upon
the military in time of peace extraordina
j ry powers, so carefully guarded against by
the patriots and statesmen of the early
days of the republic, so frequently had the
1 ruin of governments been formed upon
j the same free principles, and subversion
of the rights and liberties of tho citizen.
The question of practical economy com
■ mends itself to tho consideration of the
law-making power. With an immense
I debt already bordering tho incomes of the
industrial and laboring classes, a due re
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gard for tlieir interest so inseparably con
nected with tie welfare of the country,
should induce «s to a rigid economy, and
influence us to abstain from all legislation
that would unnecessarily increase the pub
lic indebtedness. Tested by this rule of
sound political wisdom, I can see no reason
for the establishment of the military juris
diction conferred upon the officials of the
bureau in the 14th section of the hill, lly
the laws of the United States, and of the
different states, couipetent, courts, federal
and state, have been established, and are
now in full practical operation. l>v means
of these civil tribunals, ample redress is
afforded for all private wrongs of the citi
zen, without denial or unnecessary delay.
They are open to all without regard to
color or race. I feel well assured that it
would be better to trust the rights, privi
leges and immunities of citizens to tribu
nals thus established and presided over by
competent and impartial judges, bound by
fixed rules of law, and where the right of
trial by jury is guaranteed and secured.
The caprice of judgment of an officer of the
bureau, who, it is possible, may be entire
ly ignorant of the principles that underlie
the just administration of the law, there
is danger that the conflict of jurisdiction
will frequently arise between the civil
courts and these military tribunals, each
having concurrent jurisdiction over the
person and the cause of the action, the one
jurisdiction administered and controlled
by civil law, the other by military. JIow
is the conflict to be settled, who is to de
termine between the two tribunals when
it arises? In my opinion it is wise to
guard against such conflicts by leaving to
the charts and juries the protection of all
civil rights and the redress of al.l civil
grievances. The fact cannot be denied
that since the cessation of actual hostilities
many acts of violence, such perhaps, as
had never been witnessed iff their previous
history, have occurred in the states in
volved in the recent rebellion. I believe,
however, that public sentiment will sus
tain me in the assertion that such deeds of
wrong are not confined to any particular
state or section hut are manifested over the
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cause that produced them does not depend
upon any particular locality, but is the
result of the derangement incident to a
long, and bloody war. While the preva
lence of such disorders must be greatly dc
plored, their occasional and temporary re
currence wflSild seem to furnish no neces
sity for the extension of the bureau beyond
the period fixed in the original act. Be
sides the objection that 1 have thus brief
ly stated, J may urge upon your consider
ation the additional reason that recent de
velopments in regard to the practical ope
ration of the bureau in many of the states
show that in numerous instances it is used
by its agents as a means of promoting their
individual advantage, and that the freed
men are employed for the advancement of
the personal ends of the officers instead of
their own improvement and welfare, thus
confirming the fears originally entertained
by many that the continuance of such a
bureau for any unnecessary length of time
would inevitably result in fraud, corrup
tion and oppression. It is proper to state
that in cases of this character investiga
tions have been promptly ordered, and the
offender punished whenever his guilt has
been satisfactorily established. As anoth
er reason against the necessity of the leg
islation contemplated by this measure, ref
erence may be bad to the civil rights hill,
how a law of the land, and which will be
faithfully executed so long as it shall not
be declared unconstitutional by courts of
competent jurisdiction. By that act it. is
provided that all persons born in the Uni
ted States and not subject to any foreign
power, excluding indiuns not taxed, are
hereby declared to be citizens of the United
States, and such citizens of every race and
nolor without voo-nnl to nnv nrovinna non
dition of slavery or involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime, whereof
the party shall have been duly convicted;
and shall have the same rights in every
state and territory in the United States,
to make and enforce contracts, to sue and
be sued, and to soil, hold and convey real
.and personal property, and to full and
equal benefits of all laws and proceedings
for the security of persons and property as
is enjoyed by white citizens, and be sub
ject to like punishments and penalties and
to none other, any law, statute, ordinance,
regulation or custom, to the contrary not
withstanding. By the provisions of the
' act, lull protection is afforded in the dis
trict courts of the United States, to all per
sons injured, and whose privileges as thus
declared are in any way impaired; and
heavy penalties are denounced against the
person who wilfully violates the law. 1
need uot state that law did not receive roy
approval. Yet its remedies are far more
preferable than those proposed in the pres
ent, the one being civil and the other mil
itary by the—section of the hill herewith
returned certain privileges by which the
lands in the parishes of St Helena and St
Lukes were sold, and hid and afterward
disposed of by the tax commissioners and
confirmed and ratified by the 7th, 8th,
9th, 10th and 11th sections. Provisions
are made by law fat the disposal of the
lands thus required to a particular class of
citizens, while the granting of titles is
: deemed very important and desirable. The
! discrimination made in the bill seems oh
jectionablo, as does also the attempt to
confer upon the commissioners judicial
powers, by which citizens of the United
States are.to be deprived of their property
in a mode contrary to that provision of the
constitution which declares that no per
son shall be deprived of life, liberty or
prosperity without due process of law.”
As a general principle, such legislation is
unsafe, unwise, partial and unconstitution
al. It may deprive persons of their prop
erty who are equally deserving objects of
the nation's bounty as those whom by this
legislation congress seeks to benefit. The
title to land thus to be portioned out to a
favored class of citizens, must depend upon
the regularity of tax sales under the law
as it existed at the time of the sales, and
no subsequent legislation can give validity
to rights thus acquired against the origin
al claimants. The attention of congress is
therefore invited to a more mature consid
eration of the measures proposed in this
section of the bill. In conclusion, 1 again
urge upon congress thedanger of this class
of legislation, so well calculated to keep
the public mind in a state of uncertain
expectation, disquiet and restlessness, and
to encourage interested hopes and fears
that the national government will continue
to furnish to classes of citizens in the sev
en states support and maintainance regard
less whether they pursue a life of indo
lence or labor, regardless, also, of the
constitutional limitations of the national
authority in tiinea of peace and tranquili
ty.
The bill is herewith returned to the
house of representatives, in which it origi
nated for the final action.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
- Forney and the President.
The Washington Republican makes the
following contribution to the political his
tory of the times:
New York, Jan. 21, 1866.
Mf Dear Mn. President: 1 have been in
the City for two days, and now write under an
impulse which 1 cannot restrain, because 1
led it to be tor your own good and that ot tue
country. 1 take it for granted that you are
resolved not to lie unmindful of your own fame,
and that you will not allow your friends who
heartily sustain your policy to feel that they
are without your aid and onpouragnient, w he
ther you are a candidate for President or not,
and if you are not i shall bo greatly surprised,
with the wonderful favor that crowned your
restoration policy. You should not allow the
great offices to go to indifferent men, or those
clearly in the interests of your foes. 1 need
not repeat to you that I am now, as ever, for
twenty years shown in tuy writings, and since
your great act of patriotism in lytiu, especially
your open and avowed friend. Where 1 am
to-day my two newspapers, both daily, show
to the world. Hence in what I now say, 1
speak no idle words, but mean all 1 say. The
Collector’s office at .New York is a post that
you should dispose of outside of all politicians;
not that 1 mean to defy them, but to select
your own man, who should be free only to help
You and serve the Government.; one they could
neither attack noruse. Such a man is—, of
this City. He was elected to Congress in—, as
a Democrat, but like you. refused to follow
the party in treason. He served a short time
witii great distinction, aud resigned on ac
count, of ill health. He was a member of the
Commit tee-on Ways and Means, and won groat
applause. He is a very able man, educated to
finance, intensely national, honestandindepen
dent, and could furnish millions of security,
lie has an organized mind ; would make you a
parly or fight your battles single-handed.
He is an Andrew Johnson Democrat, in short.
I write in the knowledge that lie would accept,
and that his appointment would b# received
with joy by the whole community.
Yours truly, J. W. i’ORNEY.
To the President.
Gen. Cleburne —The Nashville Banner
gives a sketch of the Irish rebel General Pat.
Cleburne:
“In appearance he was meager and rather
wan ; a light man, with iron-gray hair, cut
close to bis head, delicate moustache and im
perial, dull small gray eyes and sallow com
plexion, Ho dressed always neatly, but with
plainness, and had little taste for general so
plo ; his manners shrinking in the extreme.
In early life he served as a Cornet of British
Light Hragoons in India; and later passed
three or four years in Paris as a student of
belles-letters. He might have been mistaken
for a seaman, and looked like a Greek. Ilis
bearing was cosmopolitan ; his speech pecu
liar to himself, a cross between a stammer and
and an accent. Cleburne was very bold and
original in liis opinions. His proposition,
two years before tbe close of the war, to declare
all the negroes free, and conscript the males,
evinces his force of intellect and sagacity;
‘I wouldmeet the proclamation of .Mr. Lincoln,'
said he, ‘with a better one. would give tbe
negroes not only their freedom, but a bounty
of land for meritorious service.’ lie was op
posed to any scheme of Irish Independence’
‘■The Irish,’ he said, ‘are not fit for liberty.
They flourish best as exotics.’ Had lie lived
he would have returned to Arkansas, married
the lady to whom he was betrothed, resumed
the practice of the law, ‘which he quitted at
tlie outbreak of hostilities to become a private
soldier, aud eschewed Fenianism.”
-Men rejoice when the sun is seen ; they
rejoice when it goes down; while they are
unconscious of the decay of their own lives.
Men rejoice at seeing the face of a new season,
as the arrival of one greatly desired. Never
theless the revolution of the seasons is the de
cay of human life. Fragments of drift-wood
meeting in the wide ocean continue together a
little space; thus parents, wives, children,
relatives, friends and riches, remain with us
but a short time—then separate, and the sep
aration is inevitable. No mortal can escape
the common lot; he who mourns for departed
relatives has no power to make them return.
Knowing that the end of life is death, every
i l ight-minded man ought to pursue that which
: is connected with ultimate bliss.
! -An object of “interest”—A girl whose
I interest is three thousand » year.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
-!Our vanity is incessantly tho otfomy of
onr self-love
-Remember, that every person, however *
humble, lias rights and feelings.
-No matter bow long you have been
married, never neglect to court your wife.
-What is tho difference bet ween a church
deacon and a ragamuffin? One passes tho
sfcsser and tho other scssos the passer,
-“In all contentions,” says Sidney
Smith, “lot pence be rather your object than
triumph. Valuo triumph only as tho moan*
of peace.”
-Voltaire said of an apothecary, that his
employment was to pour drugs of which he
knew little, into a body of which ho knew
less.
I-Never trust a man for tho vehemence
i of his asseverations, whose bare word you
I would not trust; a knave will make no more
j of swearing to a falsehood than affirming it.
-The man who imagined himself wise
because lie detected some typographical errors
in a newspaper, lias gone east to get a per
pendicular view* of tho rainbow.
-A cockney elocutionist made a great.
hit in reading a famous Alexandrian of Pope,
which ho exasperated and disemvowoled in the
following manner: “Hup the ’igh 'ill ’o ’eaves
a ’uge round stone.” Hiiiglish hall hover!
-A worthy man when told that ho was
about to die, said he was glad of it; he Was
“tired of putting his shoes and stockings on
and off.” And this is about what life gets re
duced to at seventy.
-The man who can make Iiis own firb,
black his own boots, carry his own wood, hoe
bis own garden, pay his own debts, and live
without wine and tobacco, need ask no favor
of him who rides in a coach and four.
-A Witty printer who quit the business,
studied physic and became a physician, gave
his reason for so doing that in printing all tho
faults are exposed to the eve, but in physio
they arc all buried with the patient.
--At a modical examination a young as
pirant for a doctor’s diploma was asked:
“When does mortification ensue?” Think of
the amazement, it is questioner must have felt
when he gave the following answer: “When
you propose to 11 ioveiy 45111 iiiiu are rciuaaui
--—A California editor, participating in %
Debate ns to the best method of building a cer
tain bridge, objected to a coffer-dam for mak
ing the pier. He said he early formed a pt'ej^
udiee against the thing ; his uncle once had a
cow choked with a turnip, and for a long time
it was thought she would tojj'er dam head off?
-When do-ngor approaches, men are
wont to acknowledge the presence of God
more strongly tlinu at other times. Many
pray that never prayed before: and oveu the
prayers of Christians are more fervent than
usual. Hence the oft-repeated distich:
“Thts Devil was sick—the Devil a monk would
be;
The Devil got well—the Devil a moult was he!”
THEM GOOD OLD DAYS.
AS LONGED TOR BY JOSH BILLINGS-.
_
How i dew long (once in a while) for them
good old daze.
Them daze when thare was more fun irr 30
cents than there is now in 7 dollars and a half.
Them daze when a man married l‘lfi lbs of
woman, and les than G pounds (awl told) of
anything else.
How 1 dew long for them old daze when ed
nkashin kongisted in what a man did well.
Them daze when denkons was as austere as
hoss reddish, and ministers preached toman’s
soles instid iv their pockets.
Them daze when pollyticks was the excep
tion and honesty the rule.
Them daze when lap dogs and wot nusses
wun’t known, and when brown bread and
baked gooses made a good dinner.
Them daze when a man who wan’t bizzy
was watched, *»d when wimmen spun only
that kind of yarn that was good for the darn
I II ^ U1 OIUUA iua(
How i dew long for them good old daze when
now mid then a gal baby was called Jerusha
and a boy want spilt if he was named Jerry
mier.
And yc who have tried the fethers and fuss
of life, who hav had the codfish of wealth
without sense stuck under yure nose, cum be
neath this tree, and long for an hintr with mo
for them good old daze when men were ashamed
tew be fools, and wimmen woro*fraid to bo
flirts.
N 15—Thn used to mail; milk punch in them
daze that was very handy to take.
Tin tii.,—Adhere rightly and undevialingly
ler truth ; hut while you express* what is true,
express it in a pleasing manner. Truth is
the picture, the manner is the frame that dis
plays it to advantage. Truth, conveyed in au
austere and acrimonious language, seldom has
i salutary effect, since we reject tho truth, be
cause we are prejudiced against tho mode of
communication. The heart must be won be
1 fore the intellect can be informed. A man
may betray the cause of truth by his unsea
sonable zeal, us lie destroys its salutary effect
by the acrimony of his manner. Whoever
would be a successful instructor must first be
come a mild and affectionate friend. He who
gives way to angry invectives furnishes a
strong presumption that bis cause is bad, since
truth is best supported by dispassionate argu
ment. The love of truth, refusing to associate
itself with the selfish and dissocial passions,
is gentle, diguified and persuasive. The uu
derstanding may not belong able to w ithstand
demonstrative evidence; but the heart, which
is guarded by prejudice and passion is gene
rally proof against argumentative reasoning:
for no person will perceive truth when ho is
unwilling to find it. Many of our speculative
opinions, even those which are the result of
laborious research, and the Iea.-t liable to dis
putation, resemble rarities ia the cabinet of
tho curious, which may be intm-aing .o tho
possessor, mid a few Congenial minds, but
which are of no use if) the world, Many of our
speculat ive opinions cease to engage attention*
not because we are agreed about their troth
or fallacy, hut because we arc tired of the con
troversy. They sink into neglect, and, iu a
future age, their futility or ahaurdify is ack
nowledge!, when they retain a hold no longer
; on the prejudice and passion' of mankind.