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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
OEO. K. MORTON. H. I*. VACOIIAN.
MORT©N & VATOHAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
DE9 ARC. ARKANSAS.
WILL practice m the Courts of the eeflmies
of Prairie. White. Jackson, Woodruff ami
Monroe. Particular attention given to the
colleottoa of claims any where in the State.
sepTtf. |
i»ii* no it r. n. riti.zi:v * vr""
Tenders his professional services to
ttic citizens of Des Arc and vicinity.
Office—At Johnson & T>nviV Drug •
Store. sop 21 '
TIIODIM J. nutsii.
ATTORN ET AND COUNSELLOR
-A. t Law,
DCS ARC, ARKANSAS.
,jg-Partoular attention given to the
collection of nil kinds of Claims against j
the Government.
Office—On Buena Vista street next j
door to M. Burney s drug store.
nmjfc25
WM. T. JONES. II. C.JTOTTEN.
JONES & TOTTEN*
At S A£&AW,
BROWNSVILLE. ARKANSAS.
WILL practice in the counties of Pulaski*
Prairie, MonroeT Woodruff, Jackson and
White Prompt attention given to the collec
tion of claims. * apr!4-ly i
F. TiUPnEN,
Watchmaker and Jeweler.
\ I)ES ARC. ARKANSAS.
I AM NOW IM* El* A REP TO DO ALL JO
kinds of work in my line. Mend
ing, Cleauing. Ay.
-Thankful for ^n?t favors, I solicit aj
continuance of tbe patronage beretofor* be- j
stowed on me. feb28-tf
JAMES J. GALLAGHER.
Alio ii<'.v at Law,
COTTOS PL ST, WOOD li lit < O, RK
Will practice where called.
*«p2R-tf.
ns. .1 4. KO(l8£iAI \S office, is *
r. .» ai Johnson \ Davis’ Drug Store:
ran In* l>«* '-onsulted at bis room at the llarvev j
Hou-e He will give his undivided attention •
to Cliaonlc DlNeuKCR of every descrip
tien. ,
The be«i of references can be furnished, by
applying to
dr. J \ Rorsr.LArx.
junl-tf l)t>a Arc. Arkansas.
.1 C JONSON. office—West point. Arkansas.
j\\j M. M*»'>KK. Office—Searcy, Arkansas.
JOVSO\ NDORL,
Attorneys at Law,
SOLICITORS TX CHAX VERY,
—a 5 n—
OrnTal Land and Coll.cting Agents,
HEAI!< V. VnfAKSAN.
Hiu, gi». prompt audition to any busincJ* j
in the soon!ion ui lu.l.p.ii.l.-nco, Inrkson.
Woodruff, Mourn*, Frairi*, W bite. Conway
and Van Huron. mar9
W HICKS' Formerly of tlio firm of Cyport &
Hick*.
H, R. FI FI,DING, Formerly of Athen*. Ala.
hicks a Yielding.
IT TO aSS YS AT LAW,
Searcy, Whit# Co., 4rkan*aa.
WILL practice in thfa and the adjacent
counties, in the District Court if, and Su
premo Court of tbe State.
N. W. WILLIAMS. T. M. UIUM»N
WILLI IMS St LIIISOV,
» * m •, air
Des Arc and Devall's Biutl. Ark.
WILL practice in Prairie and adjoining
Counties. All business confided to their rare
will be promptly attended to. **pl-l rf.
ENTERTAIN M ENT!!'
TI1K UNDEKSKIXED HAVING m
opened a House of I'tiler- Jt'.JL
lallllfeienl. on Buena Vim a Sttet, n«*ai
the Steamboat Landing, for t^»e aecum tn<>dn
tion of
TRAVELERS AND BOARDERS.
By the day, week, or month •••licit* the pat
rouagc of Whoso visiting 1J« lr<r. The fare
will no as good as the market affoVds, and
terms moderate.
(live me a trial, and 1 will endeavor to give
satisfaction.
BENJAMIN IIAVLET. .
Des Arc, Ark., March *Jd, WW7— liliu
ark a n s a s g A Z K T T £
LITTLE ROCK. ARK.
Terms—Invariably in Advance.
DAILY, $10 00 pey annum; $1 Oth per month
for any lea. period.
WEEKLY, $1 00 per annum; >- 50|, elulu
of two or more.
MRS. RATE m .\TSM*.\,
Will commence her SCHOOL the tir*» Men
day in January. TuiiL n two and three
dollar, per month. Deduction, in ca-rj. of
protracted illness
Des Arc, Jan let‘. 1807.
SOL. F. CLARK. "AM. W WILLIAMS
JOE W. MARTI N.
CLARK WILLIAMS & MARTIN.
Attorneys at Law,
LITTLE ROl'K, AllktMth.
WILL practice in all the Court., frr. .acute
Claim, of all kind., collect dehle. and
art aa Hra! /.'.fair tt**J (1 tatrol Ay art
Ornoe —Markham Htreet, near dtate H-ue.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Z. P. H. FARR,
ATTOF.IT 37 AT LAW,
LITTER ROCK, ARKANSAS
ROBT. *. ANDERSON, WM. J. THOMPSON.
Jnction/fnrl, Ark. Atit/iula. Ark.
Andcraon A Tbompaon,
ATTORNEYS AT LA AY,
Jacksouport and Augusta, Ark.
Wii.i, aUiml lha Court, of Jackson, Wood
ruff, Hud ndjoiuing Counties, and to speoiul
CAsoa in iyny section yf tlic Stats, Address
•ilher other. inaJlS-ly
A. 0. PIOEIITT. I*. M, UAMSAI R.
IUCKETT * TtAMHACH,
ATTORNEYS at law,
A C atrSTA. AllKAXS.es.
. * 'll
Wim. practice in the counties WT Woodrhff.
Jackson, Wljj.ite an<t CVaigbend. Special in
tention given to collections of all Clhims <*h
irust<jd to tlieir care aprti-ly
J. R. pTaXDRIOGE,
ATTORflY AT LAW,
Cotton Plant, 'Arkansas.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts of
Woftflrutf county, and the Circuit Courts of
tSe S'jvowth Judicial District, and give^prompt
attention tv' all business entrusted to his
Bare. - jan!2
-v ZZ * * - _
Offers his service* fo the Citizen* of
lies Arc and vicinity in the practice of
medicine. Thankful for past ‘favors,
and by attention to business he expects
to share a liberal prtroitage.
Officer-One door. east of BurnerV
Drug Store. sepfil
K « OARTT. W j. bronaioh.
GANTT & BUpNAUGH,
ATTQtEjjSYS AT t%W.
WiU practice in tT.C enmities of Prairie,
tYhite. Woodruff. S*upvAc. Arkansas and Pu
aski. ■Prompt atttemion given to tho colter
ion ofmiw Taxes will ho paid and titles,,
nvestigated for a op-residents. aprH-Xm
I. E. tiATEWOOIt, .1. S. THOMAS,
GRTEIVO D * THO WAS,
raw
»KS arc] AHK4\SAS.
. «i. HBDURFK.rU. T. Bl.AK *.* liKT
HEDGEPETH & KENT.
ATYeaXgYS AT LAW.
DES ARC, ARKANSAS.
WH.L .practice in n’l of the -rqivrts 61
Prairie county, and the circuit courts i
»f tho surrounding counties. jnar24'f*m
I AMES' H. PATTERSON, J.UCIAM C. (tkfSF. 1
4u;Wtki, ArJ;. Jarkionpori, Ark. .
Patterson & Cause.
ATTORNEYS AT «AW,
Jurkftonport and Auguiua, Arkansas.
Wji,i. practice in the Counties of Woodruff.
Jackson. lodependtuice, White, l^wrenoe. 1
Kandoiph. Given. Craighead ami Cross, and j
attend to special cases in any part of the J
State. Afjdress either office. my!8-ly |
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9
THE myOITAC OF THE HE ti>
BY COV..O HAHA.
j “The muffled drum’s sadybll hns beat
The soMierT last tattoo;
' No more on life's parade shall mPeet
The brave and daring few.
On fame’s eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead. *
■ * <a.
“Noanswer of the foe's advance
Now swells upon the wind;
! No troubled thought at midnight haunts
Of loved ones left behind;.
No vision of the morrow's strife
J "The warrior's dream affcrras;
j No braying horn nor screaming f\fe
At dawn shall caM to arms.
| * *
“Their shivered sworns are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their haughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud:
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
'* The red stains from each brow,
Afrd their prond forms, in battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
“The neighing steed, the flashing blade.
The trumpet’s stirring blast.
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout, are past*
So war's wild note, nor glory’s peal.
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts flint.never-more shall fScl
The rapture of the fi^ht.
“Like the dread XdWhorn hurricane
That sweeps his broad plateau,
Flushed, with the triumph yet to gain,
Came doVrn the sefried foe.
our nurocB leu me shuck, nna irapi
To meet them on the* plain.
And long t-he pitying »kj hath wept
Above our gullaut slain.
“Sops of our conseerafcd ground,
Ye must not alumbor "there,
IV!)ere strauger Uteps and tongues resound
Along the heedless-air.
Your own proud land's butoic soil
5hall be your fitter grave:
She claim* from war his richest spoil
The ashes of her brave.
“So ’heath their parent turf they rest.
Far from the gory field;
’norm? fo a Spartan mother’s breast
On many n bloody shield.
The sunshTno of their native sky
Smiles sftdlyou them hene.*
And kiudred heart* *an«r Cyc* watch, by
The heroe's sepulchre.
“Rest jan, embalmed and,saintod dead!
Pear ae the bloody grave;
So improuw footstep* here sbhl! tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory bo forgot
While fame her reedrd keep*.
Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor promfly sleep*.
‘•Yon marble minstrel's voiceless tone
In deathless songs *haU tell,
When many a vanquished ago hath flown.
T*h® otory ho^ye fell.
Nor wreck, nor chaqge, or winter’s blight,
Nor time’s remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray offriilgp light
That gilds your glorious tomb.'*
THE CO.\l£.\TIO\,
Little Rock, Kcb.S),4$GS.
A communication was regeivetl from
General Smith, commanding sub-dis
trict, transmitting the accounts of dep
uty sheriffs for services at.the recent
olecUot^and asking the convention to
provide for the payment of the ac
counts, or note their objections thereon.
Referred to the committee on finance.
Mr. Iiiipis from committee on elec
tive franchise, submitted as a majority
report a dbaft for the constitution on
that point, as follows :
ARTICLE
Sec. I. Every male person born in
the United States, or who has legally
declared his Intention to become a cit
izen of the United States, twenty-one
yearsold or upwards, who shall have
resided in this slate six months next
preceding the’ election, and ten days in
the county in which lie offers to vote,
except 86 "hereinafter provided, shall
he deemed an elector.
Sec. If. It shall be fhe duff- of the gen
eral assembly to provide frohi time to
time for the registration of all electors,
but tlie following class of persons shall
not be permiited to register, vote, or
jiold office.
1st. Those who shall have been or
may be convicted of treason, embezzle
ment of Hie public funds, bribery Or
forgery.
2d. Those who, during the late r. hel
lion, inflicted, or caused to be inflicted,
any cruel or uuu&ual punishment upon
any soldier, sailor marine, employee,
or citizen of the United States, or who,
in any other way, vlqlak-d the rules of
civilized warfare, or ehgaged in that
system «f warfare known a* “bush
whacking.” or.“guerrilla.”
Uih Tlioao who may bc.di -epiulijierl
from holding office by the proposed
amendment to the cuustiuitvm of the
United-States, known ns Article XIV,
and those nhp have been disquaUtied
from registering to vote for dbleghtcs
to the convention to frame a constitu
tion for the state of Arkansas, under
the act of congress, “to provide for
the more efficient government of the
rebel states, passed by congress March
2d, 18C7, and acts supplementary there
to.”
All persons who, during the late re
bellion, took an oath of amnesty or al
legiance to tho United States govern
ment, and afterwards violated it.
All persons who have been disfran
chised in other states for participation
iu rebellion, and have, or may hereaf
ter, remove to this state; provided,
that the general assemble shall her»
• power, by a two-thirds vote of each
hbnse, to remove the disabilities in
| eurred under-this clause, upon the re
i commendation of two-thirds of flic
registered voters of the town where
! the applicant resides,
i 4fh. All those whojtre idiots or In
! sane.
, Sec. III. No soldiers, seamen, or ma
I rines, iu the army or navy of the Unr
• ted states shall be cfeemed a resident
i of this state, in eomiequenoe of being
■ stationed within the same.
,, Sec. IV. For.the purpose of voting
[ no person shall be deemed to have lost
a residence hy reason of his (tbseem e
jwliile eitfployed in the sSrvJhevqf ttie
United States, por while a student of
any seminary of learning.
8k<\ V. 1 n'aH elections by the peo
ple the -electors shall vote By ballot.
Sec. VI. All persons before register
ing must take and subscribe the fol
lowing oath:
I,-, do solemnly swear, or-nflirm.
that- I will support and imuntaip tine
constitution and laws- of the United
State*, and tIre constitution and Biws
' of the state of Arkansas; that l am
I not excluded lr'otn registering by any
! of the clause?*~ef section II, article-—,
of the constitution qf the state of Ar
kansas 5 that 1 will never caunteuam-e
or1 aid iu tlie accession of this state
from yfcf United States f that I accept
j the civil and political equality of all
\ men before the law; agree not tb de
j priv.c any person, or persons, bn ac
count of race, color, or prcvffuts eondi
i tion of anf political or ivil right, prkv
: Hige. (ft- immunity enjoyed hy anj otli
i er elTtss of nfl*n ; provided, that if any
i person snail knowingly anil liiisely
\ take any oath In this constitution, sui-h
person so oll'ending. and being iluli
i convicted, sbali l«i subject to the pains,
I penalties and disabilities which by
law are provided lor the crime of w 111
! ful and corrupt perjury.
Sfic.»VM. Electors shall, in all oases,
except tronson, felony, or breueli of
the peace, be privileged from arrest
. and civil process during their atteud
a'ncc at elcctibus, and in going to and
‘ returning Irony the same.
hec. V HE Every person who, by
the provisions of tin's article, ahull be
entitled to vote at any election, shall
be eligibly- U> any office which now is,
<>V may hereafter be, elective by the
people, except as otherwise provided
1n this constitution and laws of the
l.’nitcd States. No person who lias
openly advocated or voted lor liie re
construction proposed by congress,
and accepts the equality ot all men be
fore tbe law, shall be deemed disquali
fied as an elector.
."site. IX. No person who ever vol
untarily aided or abetted the rebellion
against the United States, shall ever be
eligible to till tin: office of either gov
ernor, or lieutenant governor, nor toe
•coine United States senator or member
of congress: provided, that nothing
herein routniued shall be so construed 1
us to prevent any persou who has been
honorably discharged Ironi the United
States service, never thereafter partic
ipating in the rebellion against the
Uwhcd states, from voting or holding t
office.
Mr. C’ypert submitted‘the following
as a minority report from himself:
Vo tin /'resident amt /lit mines of th<
CoHtt.'tUtmiui/ I'uneentitm <ft.it State'
of Arkansas.
The undersigned, u member of ibe
committee on elective franchise, begs
leave to dissent from the conclusions
arrived* at by a majority or said com
1 mittce, and submits the following mi
; uority report:
| 1st. The article rcportcd'by (lie said j
' majority of your committee, proposes j
to disfranchise a large class of citizens •
ot the United States'tmd%f the state ot
Arkansas, who have heretofore been
invested with Ako sacred right of sui
' frage. The article reported by a ma
jority of said committee, effects said ]
disfranchisement in a manner unknown
j to all the established principles ot our
govern uenl, in this:
That it presumes that the class pro
i pesed to ho deprived of the elective
franchise, lias been guilty of disloyalty
or treason against the constitution and
government of the United Stales. It
j is a well established principle of our
j laws and government that all are per
, suun d innocent, till their guilt is
: shown before some judicial tribunal
having cognizance of the crime. In
spite of tiiisaeknowledgcU right of the
meanest criminal, a majority of your;
committee pronounce a large number
of their fellow-citizens guilty of crimes,
without trial or soiirictlou, and essay
to strip him of vested and indisputable
franchises. To so monstrous a proflo
i sit ion the undersigned run never as
sent.
2d. Tlie majority of said committee
propo»u to rnpure ol every person lie
j fore lie can exercise the privilege of
I voting, jo purge himself from certain
! crimes and misdemeanors, and to ae
j cept foF tlie future tlie civil and politi
cal equality of all races of men.
The undersigned sincerely believe*
said oath to be not only wicked but
futile. Posterity has never boon bound
by the oath* of its ancestors, and a
change of circumstance^ always affords,
not only pretexts, but ’justitlable excu
ses, for violating obligations rcluotaiil
| Iv and giiwillingly taken to avert a
present.or threatened evil.
3d. The majority ot' your committee
by their said report, further propose to
enfranchise a class of persons hereto
fore denied this inestimable privilege,
—person* declared by the highest tri
hunnls ofottr cSJBntry not ty becitixem
, ofthe United States—the inevitable re
suit of which, would lie tly: overthrow
ofthe white man's government of 0111
fathers, and the erection of an African
. i/ed government in its stead.
The negro is. not the equal of tlx
white man. In mind and body tlx
1 difftrrt-nce are striking, numerous, and
invHU'moinitabfe. Four thousand years
ago lie was,exactly what he is to-day.
All history demonstrates his utter in
capacity for 'self government, and his
title/ want of appreciation yf free in
stitutions. Kut beyond all this, our
■ own experiences and the teachings ol
; id-dory inexorably point to this dread
itll result. The investing of an inferior
race with social and politics! equality
i is the stepping stone to miscegenation,
and the consequent utter deterioration
and degeneracy of*the dominant race.
| It cannot lie denied tlgit politic equali
ty (particularly that equality resulting
from the indiscriminate exercise ofthe
elective franchise,) will result in.social
equality, unless in the throes and con
flicts which will inevifahiy precede the
new ordetof tilings, one of the ttther
of Hie r ides (foes not perish from the
“earth.- So marked and odious a change
can only be etl'ectcd after the natural
and Uyd' given prejudice* of our race
have oeased to exist. Peace and pros
perity can never result from measures
s<5.utterly at war with the in-tjiiets an.1
fears oJ the White people of (his state.
tVlnl-t investing t(fe-negro with the
e’e'etivo franchise is attended with so
many ilfci .i-e- and objections, the un
dcfsiiriled cannot believe. that it will
lie (he menus of shielding the Colored
men •from oppression or wrong, but
wifi only aggravate and increase the
prejudice "nee, and pro pRafij a
civil and social war. The undersigned
will not slander 11. white people of
Arkansas so grossly as to assart Or be
lieve. that impartial justice will not he
accorded to the ne$ro race, or that they
will not enjoy all the requisite protec
tion for persoh. property, and repot a'
Jjop, unless inv* .led with the elective
frauc.iiise. The. contrary he assert-, and
believes to be the trrtth.
The undersigned is not influenced by
hatred or ill will to the negro popula
tion, hut sincerely desires their social,
intellectual, and religious .improvement
if. n the course of years, they should
demonstrate their fitte s- for tho exor
C. ot a right, (a hirh in iiissy civilis. *
c l and well governedcornmuities is de
nied to a large class of citizens,) it will
Wien be time enough to discuss the pro
priety of putting the Li allot in their
hands. They are now only fitted to
be the facile tools of wicked and d>’
signing superiors. And if permitted
to embark on the stormy sea of poli
tics. it will greatly retard their pro
gress in civilization, moral, and intel
lectual improvement.
It is therefore .manifestly to the in
tere-t of the poojilo of tiiis state, white
and black, to make no changes in its
fundamental laws touching the elective
franchise.
lie therefore recommends the follow
ing, as the article to be incorporated in
the constitution of this state, upon said
subject:
ARTICLE.
C'Ec. 1. All white pialo citizens of the
Cuited States over the age of twenty
one years, having resided in the state
of Arkansas one year next preceding
any election and three mouths in the
comity or district in which be may of
rt to volt', slum oo tiKiMiicu tt quanueti
elector; provided tliat no soldier or
mariner in the service of the United
States "hall be deemed to have acquired
it residence in this state by reason of
bein# stationed on duty herein.
Sec. 2. All elections in this stale
shall be by ballot, and all persons pos
sessing the qualifications of an elector
shall Ate entitled to vote for all officers
matte elective by the constitution of
the United .Sltmifiand by the constitu
tion of this state: I’rovided that no
person who lias been or may hereafter
be convicted of felony, or other infa
mous crime, shall ever exercise the
richt to vote in this state.
Mr. Cyi’t i l moved the adoption ol
Hit; minority report and would ask the
1" ■ ' tats question on the motion: he
Wo;' - however, not press the motion
it theft w any desire to debate.
The previous piostiou w ordered,
sn 1 the motion to ad pt the minority
report was lost: ayt Id. noes 50.
fr, Montgomery moved that 100 copies ot
tlir majority report be printed and that it be
referred to me eoiuwtueo tit ilte an augment
and phraseology ot' the constitution.
Mr. Moore moved to print both reports,
which motion was not entertained, and be
then moved to print 4DO copies instead of 100
of (lie majority report. Lust.
Mr. Matbews moved to make the renort the
special order for day otter to-morrow. Lost,
ifr. dfoutgomei^'s motion was adopted
White (negro.) obtained the floor and sent
up a minority report from the committee on
the penitentiary.
At this juncture Mr. brooks moved an ad
journment, and the president entertained
and pm the question, and the motion pre
vailed: ayes 3d. n vs 3t‘>.
Ujy-\\ lien does a criminal resemble au
old book? When he is bound over.
A susceptible youth says be bad rather
go to church to see the hers thau ‘.0 read
the hymns.
OfA..An architect proposes to build a
“Bachelor’s Hall,” which will differ from
most houses, in having no Eves.
COKMlfeMMUl.
' SENATR.
AVASjnyrtToN Feb. t
The chair submitted' a communica
tion-from the Secretary of War in rela
tion to the constitutionality of the laws
of Maryland, in regard to the ap
prenticeship system. Refcrcd to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Henderson presented Cite report
of the Special Committee on the
'memorial ol' the Mississippi Conven
jfion, on the subject of^he destitution
■ in tlial State. Referred.
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Mr. Frelingimysen ollerod a bill for
I the protection ot persons making dis
closures to pai ties or witnesses. Pass
ed,.
Mr. Howard as ted a vote in order To
j passagain the resolution requesting the
i President to comm nine ate any i n strife
1 lions given to Generals Pope and
Meade. %n taking command of the
Fourth Military District, under the
reconstruction acts, with copies of the
discussions and votes in the Cabinet on
the same subject-.
Mr. Rucklow moved to strike out the
last clause. The, amendment was
agreed to and flic resolution re-adopt
ed.
Tin- Sonaie then took up the bfll
regulating the tenure of certain offices.
The question being on. Mr. Sumner's
motion to except (lie special agents of
the fet-ate Department* Mr. Sumner
advocated and Mr. Rucklow and Mr.
Patterson, of New Hampshire, oppos
ed the amendment.
The morning hour expiring, the
special order being the supplementary
reconstruction bill, it was taken up.
! juju Mr. \> illnunc spoiM» in lavor ot it.
house.
I Mi.* Butler, from the Committee nn
. Appropriation* reported a bill to regn
j late the custody and expenditure of
1 public moneys. Ordered to be printed
; and recommitted.
Mr. Arne;; offer--.’ a resolution recit
ing that armed organizations, known
ns the ‘\Klux Klue,” were committing
brutal outrages and muialeving while
and colored Unionists in Maury, Giles
and Montgomery counties. Tennessee,
1 and great terror and uncertainty pre
vails there, and instructing Hie Com
’ inittee on Xegro affairs to enquire into
such outrages, nnd the best means for
their suppression.
Mr. Maynard offered a resolution as
| the sense of the House, that it is iuex
ht .,■ give-o treaty to rvgulato the
; duties on imports or otherwise inter
fere with the revenue arising there*
| from, as established by statute. Befer
! red to the Committee on Ways and
Means.
The House then proceeded to the
consideration of the morning hour bill,
from theCommittoeon Foreign AfSiirs,
j concerning the rights of American
I eitisAis in Foreign States.
The bill for the temporary relief of
llu- poor in the District of Columbia,
was referred.
The House then took up the bill re
ported by Mr. Julian from the Cominit
i too on Public Lands, declaring forfeit
, ed to tlie United States certain lands
; given to aid in the construction of rail
j roads in Alabama. Mississippi, Louis*
! iana and Flordja.
i Mr. ArneM spoke in favor of .an
ainenment excepting from the opera
tions of the bill the Tennessee and
Alabama Uailroad Company.
Mr. Williams asked as to tlie loyalty
of tlie stockholders of that company,
remarking that it appeared from tlie
.llw, . Pom.»;Hno rx..
| Southern Railroads, that at a recent
election of director* five of the fifteen
i were certified to be loyal, six .of doirbt
I fill loyalty, and four tvere admitted to
j he rebels. The reason assigned for the
selection ot rebel* being that no more
I loyal stockholder* could be elected.
Mr. Arnell replied that it was not
1 correct, and mentioned the names of
! several loyal officers of that company.
Mr. Trimble asked whether it was
i not a fact that the only interest the
stockholders in those roads had was
| after the mortgages should he satisfied ;
1 ami whether those mortgages were not
i held by parties living in the North, and
1 who were loyal to the Government.
Mr. Arnell replied that it was
undoubtedly true.
Mr. Sh ink% spoke in support ol'the.
j hill.
The motion to reconsider the vole
and recommitting the bill, wns adopted.
The Speaker presented a communica
tion from the Secretary of War, trans
mitting tiie correspondence between
the President and General Grant, in
reference to the Secretary of War. The
correspoudeuoo was rend, and was lis
j temsd to with unusual interest and
atfeution. and then referred to the
j Reconstruction Committee.
Mr. Covode asked whether it was in
order, in view of the straightforward
and manly course of General Grant in
the whole transaction, to move a vote
of thank* to him.
The Speaker said it was not in order.
The following is the correspondence :
Win Dkjpaktjibht, Felt. 4. 1808.
Sik: In answer to a resolution of the
House of Representatives, I transmit
herewith copies turn lulled me by Uen
j eral Grant, of the correspondence be
tween him and tlie President, relating
to the Secretary of War, which he re
ports as all tiie correspondence he had
with the President on the subject. 1
have had no correspondence with the
President since the 15th of August last.
After the action of the Senate on hi6
alleged reason for my alleged auspen
—--JiJK'.J__1 _1
Nfon from the office of Secretary of
j War, I resumed the duties of tlmt office,
(as- required by act of Congress, and
continued to discharged them without
any persona! or written COnunuuica
| Bon with the President. No orders
j have been issued from the Department
in tlie name of the President with my
I knowledge, and I have received no
| orders from him.
The correspondence sent herewith
cm braces all the correspondence known
| to nrc‘on the subject referred to in the
■ resolution of tlio House,
; I have the honor to be sir, voter ob't
I gsrv't
(Signed) Knwitt M. Stanton:
Secretary Of War..
j Hon. Sciiu.ti.er Colfax, Speaker of
the House of Koproeenttsti ves.
i • Headers Army of the U. S.,
'W'ASRTNoton, January 25, JH68
j llts E.ii:dlui<y, A. Johnson, President of
tin .United States ••
Sir—On the 2ith instant t requested
yon to give me, in writing, Instructions
which you have previously given .pie
verbally, not to obey any orders from
lion. K. M. Stanton, Secretary of War,
uniats it came from yourself. To this
wrffen request, I received a message
which Itas left a doubt in my mind as
to your intention ; and in order to pre
vent any possible misunderstiitfffing, 1
therefore renew the request that you
will give me written instructions, nlfrl
until they be received, will suspend ac
tion on your verbal orders. I am com
polled to nsk these instructions’in writ
ing in order to prevent many gross
misrepresentations, affecting my per
sonal honor, circylated through the
press for the last two we'eRs. pertainin'?
to eomr from the President in conver
sations which occurred either with the
President privately, In office or in Cabi
net meetings. What is written admits
§f understanding, and in view of the
misrepresentations referred te, It wilt
be well to state the faots in the-case at
the same tune. After T assumed the
duties of Secretary of War ad interim,
the President asked my views as to the
course Mr. Stanton would-have to pur
sue iij ease the-Senate should not con
cur in his suspension, in order to ob
tain possession of his office. MyTcply
was in substance, “Mr. Stanton would
have to appeal to the courts to reinstate
him,' illustrating my position by citing
the grounds 1 had taken in the case of
the Baltimore Police Commissioners.
in th.-vLpasc l did not doubt 1 ho techni
cal right of Governor Sw ann to remove
tlic old Commissioners and appoint
successors, as the old commissioners
refused to give up. I contended that
no recourse was left hut by appeals to
the courts. Finding that the President
was desirous of keeping Mr. Stanton
out of office, whether sustained in his
suspension or not, Mold him I had not
looked particularly into the Tenure of
Office bill, but what l had stated was
on general principles, and if I should
ciwinge my liiind in this particular case,
1 would inform him first. Subsequen
tly, on rcadiug the Tenure of Office bill
closely, 1 found l could not, w ithout a
violation of tlie law, refuse to vacate
the office of Secretary of AA'ar the mo
ment Mr. Stanton w as reinstated by the
Senate, even though tjic President had
ordered me to retain it, which lie never
did. Taking this view of the subject,
and learning on Saturday, the lltli in
stant, that the Senate had taken up the
subject of Stanton’s suspension, and
after some conversation with Lieuten
ant General Sherman and sonic mem
bers of my stalT, in which I stated that
the law left me no discretion, as to my
action, should Mr. Stanton be reinsta
ted, and I intended to inform the Prcsi
dent. 1 wen I to tlio President tor the
purpose of making this decision known,
and did make it so known. In this 1
fulfilled tlio promise I had made in our
last preceding conversation on the sub
ject. The President, however, instead
of accepting my view^as to the require
ments of the Tenure of Office bill, con
tended that he bad suspended Mr. Stan
ton under the authority given him by
the Constitution, and that that author
ity did not preclude the idea of his
reputing as an act of courtesy his reason
lor tlie suspension of Stanton, and that
ho had been appointed by the authority
given by the Constitution and not un
der the act of Congress. I could not
j be governed by the act. I stated that
the law was binding on me, w hether
i constitutional or not, until set aside by
the proper tribunal. The hour being
consumed, in each reiterating his views
on the subjeut and until it was getting
late, tlio President said he would see
me again. I did not agree to call again
on Moqday, nor at any other definite
time, nor was I sent for by the Presi
dent until the following Tuesday, from
the Uth instant. No doubt ever en
tered my mind about the President
fully undemanding uiy position, viz :
That if the Senate refused to concur in
the suspension of Mr. Stanton, my du
ties as Secretary of War ad interim
would cease, and that Stanton had a
right to resume at once the functions
of his office would, under the law, be
indisputable, and I acted accordingly.
With Mr. Stanton I had no communica
tion, direct or indirect on the subject
of his reinstatement. During his sus
pension l knew it had been recom
mended to the President to send to the
Senate the name of Governor Cox, of
Ohio, for Secretary of War, and thus
save embarrassment. This proposition
I sincerely hoped he would eutertaiu
| favorably. General Sherman, at my
particular request, went to see the
President on the 13th, to urge this.
On Tuesday Mr. StnHton wag reinstated
' as Secretary of War, General Comstock,
who lind carried my official letter
announcing Mr. Stanton's reinstate
ment by the Senate, and that I had
ceased to be Secretary of War ad inter
im, and wiio law the President open
and read the communication; brought
j hark to me from the President a mess
age that ho wanted to »ee me that day
, at n Cabinet meeting, after 1 had made
known the fart that 1 was no longer
I Secretary of War ad interim. At this
meeting, after opening as though I was
a member of the-Cabinet, 1 reminded
him ol tiie notification I had already
i given him, that I was no longer goore
’ tarj; of War ad interim. The President
j gave his version of the conversation
| alluded to already, and said that I had
i agreed to hold on to the Office of
[‘Secretary of War until displaced by the
1 courts, or resign so as to place the
President where lie wonld have been
b“d I never accepted the office. After
hearing the President through, I stated
| our conversation, substantially as it is
j toven in this letter. I will add that my
i conversation before the Cabinet em
braced other matters not pertiuent here,
and therefore left out. I in nowise ad
mitted the correctness of thePresident *
statement of our conversation, though,
to soften thfc evident contradiction of
my statement, I said, alluding to first
conversation on the subject, the Presi
dent might have understood me this
way—he«ald. viz:. “That I had promis
ed to resign if I did not resist the rein
statement." I made no such statement.
I have the honor to be, very respect
rally,
[Signed] U.. S. Grant, General
WrASHiNOT<Jw January 24.
TLs Excellent•)/, Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent of the United States:
Sir : J liavc the honor very respect
fully to request, in writing, an order
which the President gave me verbally,
on Sunday, tlie 19th instant, to disre
gard the ordertrof lion. E. M. Stanton,
as Secretary of War, until I knew from
(lie President himself that they "were
I his orders.
I have the honor to be. very respect
! fully, J-our obedierft servant.
[Signed] U. S. Grant. General.
The following is the endorsement on
' the ubove note.
■ “As requested in this communication
l General Grant is instructed in writing
j not to obey any orders from the War
I Department, assumed to be issued by
j direction of the President, unless such
; orders are known by tlie General com
manding the armies of the United
States to have been authorized by the
Executive.’’
(Signed) Andrew JonvsoN,
Jnwrt'ART 29, 1868.
In ids communication of the 31st the
President in his reply to ihe communi
cation of General Grant requesting a
written order not to obey Mr. Stanton's
orders to the interview wherein the
course which should be pursued in
cltse of Stanton's reinstatement, was
fully discussed. The interview termi
nated with the full understanding that
if, upon reflection, General Grant
should prefer to become a party to the
eontroversev, or com dude that it would
be his duty to surrender the oflice to
Stanton, he would return the oflice to
the President prior to the action of the
Senate, in order that lie might designate
a successor. Had not this understand
ing been reached, it was the purpose
of tlie President to relieve him and ap
point some other one in that capacity.
The, President's letter is verv lone.
and throughout shows that General
Grant .acted contrary to his repeated
. pledges.
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, Beautiful Extract.—Meu seldom
f think of the great event of death until the
I shadow falls across their own path, hiding
j forever from their eyos the traces of the
! loved ones whose living smiles were the
| sunlight of theii existence I'eath is the
sreat antagonist of life, and the cold
| thought of the tomb is the skeleton of all
| feasts. We*do not want to go through
the dark vaHcy, although its passage may
lead to paradise; and with Charles Lamb,
we do not want to lie down in the muddy
J grave, cveu with kings and princes for our
bedfellows! There is no appeal or relief
from the great law which dooms us to dust
We flourish and we fade as the leaves of
the forest, and the flower that blooms and
withers in a day has not a frailer hold up
on life than the mightiest monarch that
ever shook the earth with his footsteps.
Generations of men appear and vanish as
the grass, and the countless multitude that
throngs the world to-day, will to-morrow
disappear as the footsteps on the shore.
In the beautiful drama of Ion, the in
stiuct of immortality, so eloquently uttered
by the death devoted Greek, finds a deep
response in every thoughtful soul When
about to yield his youug existence as a
sacrifice to fate, his beloved Clemanthe
asks if they shall not meet again, to which
he replies:
'‘I have asked that drcadftil question of
the hills that look eternal—of the clear
streams that flow forever—of the stars,
among whose fields of asure my raised
spirit hath walled in glory- All were
dumb. But while 1 gaze upon thy living
face, I feel that there is something in the
love that mantles through its beauty that
eannot wholly perish. We shall meet
again. Goinanth*.
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