The Oregon statesman., March 20, 1865, Page 1, Image 1

THE OREGON STATESMAN
H I'UIII.IStlKO K VK II Y Mo N I A Y MultNIMI.
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1' HOP III KTO US.
O tn o I a 1 Paper of tha S 1 1 to .
TUIt,US Por your, MOOT Six months. t'J,uO.
IT Tie nboeeacf iirleentn tioin. leant Tender note
will be token only atlheW ait f rent mil 'its.
tniallwiKM in ly In niaitn liy mall m tin rlxtc of thu pub
llillers, If lUHlkiljll the preHmicc Ufa piiBlliiliBlrr.
SOMETHING NEW! I
New Store, New Goods.
J. M. COULTER
Iliisjust opened a lurye und well selected assort
nient of
FAMILY GROCERIES !
Which he will exchange for cash und all kinds of
COUNTRY PRODUCE,
ALL KINDS OP
COOPERWARE
Kept on hand mid mitilo to order, at short notice and
ill low rates. The culbrntod
Clothes Wringers of Different Kinds.
And a good arjsorlmol.t of
Useful Household Articles,
Alwuys iu .store and for stile nt prices which
CANNOT BE BEATEN.
TO SMOKERS:
OF MKKKSCHAUM l'll'I'M, TOBACCO
AND MATCHES,
My Slock Cannot be Beaten,
(Jail and Ron mo. I will satisfy anybody who
wants to buy 0001J AltTICLLS, ,
Cheap for Cash.
I'tmt favors thankfully runieniboi-eil, und future
piitroime respectfully uolic'Hed.
SjCtill ut lii'Ht dnnr north of Huns' Jewelry Store,
CdiiiiJierciiil Htreut. 8f.lmi. 4ltf
the LA raEWTcWEMYT
Dallas, Folk County, Oregon.
Kev. W. D. NICHOLS, Principal.
, Teacher in Primary Department.
The Academic Your will be divided into four terms
of eleven weeks ouch.
KiratTenn will commence October 10, IHfll,
Second Term will commence January U. IHIi.'i.
Third Term will coinmeuco Murcli til), 1805.
Fourth Term will commence .
EXPENSES!
Primary, $ I llll tier term.
Common Kiiglisn, $'i 1)0 per term.
Higher English, $S 01) per term.
Lnugituges, extnt, $'2 DO per term.
No deduction will be made for absence, except 111
eases of protracted sickness.
Mr. Nichols comes anions us highly recommended
as an able and efficient teacher.
NICHOLAS IiRB,
GKO. Tl LLOTSO N,
Executive Committee.
Dallas, Sept. 2,1 Sli I.
OHEGON
IRON WORKS.
A. C. Ql BUS.
JOHN NATION.
E. a. Mono AN.
A. O. GIBBS & CO.,
Mmiufurturem of
Steam Engines, Eoilers,
AND ALL KINDS OF MILLS J
Hoisting MucliiiH-w,
Horse Powers,,
IC'iici'i mid Mo we is,
Quartz mills
AlilHlKUlUilliiiK I'iiiin,
and MEPAIIATOKH of the most approved kind;
COOKING RANGES,
vu3irs-s, ot?.
Pattern IVIakiiit,, in nil Iin fonas
connected with this Establishment.
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS for Mills and
all kinds of machinery furnished to order, by an ex
perienced draughtsman.
A. C. OlltltS it CO..
Successors to 10. L. Junes ec Co.
Portland, Dec. 5, ItaM. 4ltf
DASH AWAY
WASHING MACHINE.
Patkmkd Jas. 12,
STATLFTOX & MYKttS. HuUm, are now mamifac
s tuririK lliene muchiiu-H, wlitcli, for f.Ucupnerw. ecuuo
mj ni.ut't e.tfu uuu iii'iK'uy uiirn in wit "mug, ute
Unurpitteti by any MnrktHt of the kind EVER
Tlicy nln Vonne'i p.itnt piitta pcmlm aelf-ad-fiiHtniti
Cf.orHE&lVRSiER,vWU Utlie bent
in ut,auu cu eiwily be attached to tiu-ir washing ma
chine. (iivit thorn ft call. M,.nufuctory next door to the
UUtlHlMII IHHIMti, !Mllt.-M.
May )'). mU.
13tf
$40,000
Orooiilnn-liH ! CJieMilHelis !
rpllE highest market price will be paid for nil Iiegal
M. leuoer iMiti-s iinereil.
Anidv soon to
Salem, .Ian. HO. IwUvl
I). MctTLLY.
For Siilo.
KOAL Tender Notes, at reaaonn
lo rates. Apply to
Oif nnn lei
tO'i'U, 'lW ble rates. Apply to
Sulom. Jim. 15. InUyl I). MrtTM.Y.
iim mons.
John Kelly ri. John Hull, lo the County Court of
Douglas con ntv, Oregon,
rpo JOHN 11 I'LL, said defendant: Yoa are hereby
X summoned and required to be and appear in the
County Court of Douurns county, Oreuutt, at a reg
ular term of said court lo bo begnu and held at the
conrt-houne at Kosehnrg, in said county, on Monday,
tho third day of April, A. i. IHtio, und answer the
complaint of the plaintitf on Hie aguiust yon in the
above entitled cause, and yon are hereby notified that
unless yoa do bo apear and answer said complaint,
plaiutilf will take a juita'ineiit against yon for the sum
of one huudred and ten dollars, with interest at the
rnleof ten per ceut. per annum from the first duy of
Slav, A. D. IHtiJ.aiid his costs and disbursements in
this action. J. K. WATSON, PltT's Att'y.
By order of Hon. Win. B. Willis, said Judge
Rosbnnr, Feb II, l Mali
Summon.
Portnan Kpenewr, Plitf, r. Flora and Jiawph Savage
and Alexander Adair. Defls. In the Circuit Court
of the State of Oregon for Yamhill county, April
term, IStid. Hill for Partition of Ileal Estate and
8-ttlemeiit of the Title.
rpiIE above named defendant. Alexander Adair, is
1 hereby tmnmoned. in the mime of the State of
OrcKon, lo be and appear at and in I ho court aliov.
named on or before ib Brat day of the April term
thereof, commencing on the second Muuduv of said
monlh for the year and answer the complaint of
Formal! Swncr in Ilia above enlilM action, who
bun to obtain partition of the vn half of donatioa
land claim No. , Notification So. Hull, being Hi.
Und tM-loinring to the heira of I'baba A. 8a vain-, sun
ate in Vambill countr, On-iron: and lo settle tb title
lo III. same. And if you lull to aprear or an.wer,
plaintiff will apply lo'lMe cmrt tor the relief therein
demanded. STEWARD 4: LAW son,
!,'lH-rtors Tor Complainant.
Br order of Hon. K. P. Howe. Judtt" of the Third
Judicial District. t't. 13, !. :,IM
Nuiiiinon.
In the Clrenil Court of the Male of Oregon for Yam
hill county, April term. William Merchant,
pl-iulitl. ri. Andrew M.-rvlimt etal , defewlanU,
tviit for I'artitiuu of lie., I Kxtale.
THE above uameil defendant. Alexander lAndrewl
1 Merchant, is hereby summoned and rniuired, la
the name of the State of Oreuon, to be and appenr at
and in the tourl above named on or before the first
day of the April term tb"rr.jf, ai, answer the
complaint of William N'-rt-hao'.plaintilf in theatbovt
etmtled action, who suea lo obtain partition of the
east half of tha tkmaitan land claim of K bert Her
c'iioii, deceased, amongtho heirs thereof: '.eo, tiie
I acre tnrl of land bought by said U.iberl Merebant
of Meph-n ami Klnaloh Hrowhamp ; ail annate n
North Fork of Yamhill river, in Yamhill rountv. Or
eem. Ami if yon fail to answer, the plaintitf will
apply lo the Ciairt for the relief in said romplaiut de
lunuded.
Hv orderf Hon K P. B oae. Jmhr of 3d Jndicial
District. STEWARD fc LAWKKM K.
March 1st, 196iatel. Attotneys for plaioul
VOL.15--NO. 15.
OREGON STATESMAN
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Wo hnve hIho received an addition to onr former
utock of FANCY TYPKi snuh an Hcrhitfl, Mudiso
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cun Biipceaafully compete with any office on the coast.
ORNAMENTAL printinc.
Our Htock of FANCY INKS hu been inmMiHed.tuid
hv (lie addition of r uood UBaoi'lmcnt of I la in nnd
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Silver Horderedy French Enameled, and Embotatd,
, Wedding and Vinitinff, lllnminntcd Em
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We dufv competition in the State for neut and ttiuteful
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uf tnicceMHlul contrudietion.
PRINTING FOR MINING COMPANIES.
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-plain or colored lie-
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Stutc, and we 'mnuiten HiitiMfaction with every order
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t& Speciiiieim of work, l'iuin und Ornaniental,can
he Been at the otlice.
0UKGON I'RIMIXG & ri BLISIIIXG CO.
Address, Statesman Ofllce, Sulem.
lJrunclrctli'a
VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL PILLS.
IT is jirencrally known lluit my Qrundfnther wns the
original inventor of thene re murk able pi lis.
He was a scientific man, mid a medical practitioner
of the Old School, hut becoming alarmeif at the mor
tality that attended the Bleeding and Mineral Prac
tice, he turned his attention to the study of mttareand
the philosophy of disease, as also to the natural reme
dial agents which he found to exist exclusively in the
Vegetable Kingdom. In his resenrches and investi
gations, he became fully sutisiied that the life was in
the blood; that by whatever name diseases were dis
tinguished, iinpunl? of the blood was the source of
all a simpie and truthful doctrine, which, in reducing
all diseases to a unit, necessarily established thv fact
that all were to be treated on the same general prin
ciples, viz: by purgation.
Now I lie jrl-""1' ditlicnlty consisted in devisim a veg
etable compound that would invinrato, purify, and
cleanse the blood, correct and reiftilate all the (litter
eat secretions, and by purgation discharg" the whole
mass of morbid matter from the body, without reduc
in)r th streiiHth. Attor thirty yeara of clona unplicu
tion, he considered his object fully accomplis bed in
the production ol tilese piils. which have now been
before the public One Hundred and Fourteen Years,
and it is now flHtij) nearly :)t years since lir. ltran
dreih's Vegetable Universal 'Life Preserving Pills
were llrst presented to the American public during
which timo their superior excellence and virtues have
been extensively proclaimed by papers and pamphlets,
and a rapid yearly increase of the sale of them ef
fected. To know what will save lift', to know whntwill
restore heulill, is a knowledge not to be hiil'lcn, I,
tlinrelore, ns a man desiring to do my duty faithfully,
liuve dotted down some of my tliirlv-live years' expe
rience with ltl'tindl-etirs Pills, 'vbirh are anelfecluitl
assistant of nature, and cause the expulsion of acri
monious humors the occasion of every sickness. I;t
ns udmit that corinpt humoi-s prevent the free circula
tion of the blood, that llrnndrelh'a Pills hike out
these liuuKirs, jjiviu, heuhli for pain, nud strength for
weakness.
No man is sick save when the principle of corrup
tion jets the ascendency: Hrnndroth's Pills aid the
Life Principle to regain iheempiio by removing the
tiorrupt humors from the body. Many a time 1 have
seen life appuieiilly at the last ebb, when these Pills
were given, and iu a few hours the danger was past,
and health's Hood tide gave the patient renewed life
and viuor. Many are the fathers, mothers, eons, nud
daughters, thus saved.
1 hese celebrated Pills are composed wholly ot me.
ilicinal berhs. ami donot (Hintainany nierenry orotbr
mineral, being perfectly harmless to the most tender
lute or weakest frame; yet sure lo search out the cause
of sickness, and restore the health if taken according
to the directions.
Iel no one itmiifiue they are too weak to bear the
efleet of these Pills, which put no weakness into the
me
frnme, hut druWs wenkness out. A few doses will bo- !
get contidclice, and then the beuuties of purgation will
unulunlly become unfolded lo cur view, which, en
forced with Hr.ilidreth's Veu'etnble I'uiveisat Pills, is
able to cure every disease where the organs are sound,
ami greatly increase the average ot liumun life.
t have now usee, on mv own person, anil prepared
and administered, Urandrelh'a Pills lor ihir.'y-live
years. 1 believe they me the best purgative in the
worm; aim won tins meuicni uiiautv tuev nave man
a tonic ell'ect. And as 1 am of the linn opiuiou Ihut
iiillammatioii and fevers are caused by corrupted
blood inn being timely evacuated, because it rejurgi- j
tatea, so to speak over the whole noilv, ami llins cor.
rnpts the sound blood that should nourish all the mem
hers, and actually destroys and paralynee meinliers or
orituns that ure unsound'; and as I know that these
Pi s have a direct chert to remove all corrupt blood
and aeriinouioua humors from the body iu fact, all
hnmora below the vital standard of health; so 1 should
be gniltv ol a ureal sin. did I not do all iu my power
to propagate the use of a medicine which is possessed
uf properties so calculated to save and increase the
average of human life.
Thu public servant,
IIKN'.IAMIV IlltANPIiETII. M l).
Principal olfiwfor Itmiolretb's Vegetable Universal
Pills, llltAXIiKl.TH S IHTLDINU. New Yor
w. r. ii it a mmi: Til.
Office at ( It AM'. & IIIIIOII A.M S, San Francisco.
For Bale by all respectable dealers in medicines, ly
A CARD FOR TIIK -
MEliaiiMIITIIIMMIIE
OF SAS I H IM lt O.
BADGER & LINDENBERGER,
Noa. 411, 413 and 413 Iteitlery Street,
lor. -Merchant, San Frnuciaco.
Importers and Wholesale Dealers.;
ffll lVl A ' i
EST1RE NEW AND FRESH STOCK! n,y . ,',ncc lfld f hearing him sing John
WE would call the attention of COCNTHY ME It- i V"n n 1 ",f',ro '"" hu 'V''"1 ""If
IT CH A NTs to onr usually larea stock of (foods. ). 1 regard him as a man of no mean abil
Our stork ernnprisM every article in the Clotliinn and ; it T as a newspaper editor.
Furnishing line. We have con.tonllv on hand the ' nnr regret that he has not devoted his
wMtS .fl',?r "or "- cd,s, of those bo
price, for these fU.ds are less than those of any are seeking Hie destruction nl our Government
bouse, as we receive riicm direei from the aiannfartii- than in trying to show the iiunginnry faults of
rer's consignment. Our stock of Winter and Spring (,r nftICl.n nilhoilt just cnuse.
()ooIb ia nartirularhr attractive, and the great feature , .. . , . i ... a , t.. nnion
to the country merchant is the nnn.ually low price- ' lrn " " , c. .
i bA .i, n . . i , . i countv, as wel as other parts of the Slate.
Uu THUD Iht Cc of Imporlaflon ! whl, i(,f tl hi( cnnrnt they , B
W. at keep the STAPLE Vr.TK I.F.S Ir, the I)ry wbo llM r,.jic, ,0 h,Br ,,B, f;rallt WRI ds.
i:Jlll''lino,l..l,av. p,ircb..e, in tin. f , . w,,u.ni,,nn ,,,.-, ,.!,
market nnder fbe Imminer, aud are ottering thera at
.Sew York Cost, and l.
We piilili.h tlil, cunt in ordfr that we tnav Biake
W l.f-l!U,0tu(raa .... :..4 .1 -t...
new KclUlilltnrea. and indnm llur wh.i hiivs ii. . I
beretolure purchased of ns, to call aud examine oar
tuck.
Good Articles and Low Prices!
Are the great itidn.fmrut. lo all who purchase to sell
again. )Hr-hanta who buy of ns can make a good
protit. and .HI t" Ihcir customer, at a low 6gure. We
remain, reK'fuliv.
Your OI-d!eut S.TVSMI.,
lUI'I'l.l! It I.IXnr.VIIEItOEIt.
WlMflea'e Cl"ihinsf and ILtt Wareln.iipa,
Nw 111, llland Hi Hatter j street.
Saa FratK'iKo, Jan. 7, lij. .tmlJ
A 4'nrsl.
OK. WAUINXI.lt liating returned to bis farm near
IWtbet. will mve strict atteutiou to nllcatls in the
line of hi. pr-doaaion.
llath.l, folk county, Oregon, Nov. VH, 1B0I. ItpJ
SALlf,
AMPDMKST OF T11K C0XST1TIT10X.
El). Statksman : An amendment to the
Constitution for the abolition of slavery having
Iwn prntinapd to the Stntei hy Congress,
it bccoinea the) fluty of the State to
pass upon the question. It might he as well
to wait until the next refinlui' session or the
Lcgislattiro, but the amendment, I presiiiiio,
hat already been submitted, nnd nn answer is
even now due from this Stale. Certainly no
thing la to he gained by procrastination, lor
"procrastination i the thief of timo.1'
A to whether ilavery deserved a respite let
D inquire : It baa been the ftiiindutiott and
support of an arrogant, bigoted and disloyal
aristocracy, despising labor a nil denominating
laboring men at "greasy mechanics, nud mud
sills of anciety." It bai licensed the parent to
sell hia own offspring, like u beast of tho field,
into a life of servitude, beneath Ilia overseer'!
lash, It has made a harem of the plantation,
licensed incest and polygamy, nnd opened wide
the door to lust anil passion and unrestrained
violation of all the laws and precepts of justice,
morality and decency. It hns placed the pour
white laborer beneath the rich rnnn's nigger,
piade a slave natidier of Christ, in .the estima
tion of thousands, nnd wrapped the robe ot
St. Peter about its scaly proportions to bide its
true character. It has denied and suppressed
the freedom of speech and of the press ; hang
ed ministers of Christianity upon trees at the
way side ; demolished printing offices, nnd
mobbed and murdered the editors. It baa
tarred, feathered nud conhided many free born
American citizens, who i.'ared to say might
against it; and insolently insulted and bullied
with armed bands of ruffians, mm hunters and
man stealers, the peaceful inhabitants of
neighboring States. It has assaulted, willi thu
slave whip, Members of Congress from sover
eign States of the Union in the streets of our
Capitol city, and wantonly and insolently in
sulted the majesty of tho national authority in
the halls of Congress, It has been H clog to
tbo wheels of progress a cloud upon our bright
constellation a discordant note in our songs
of freedom und a poisonous asp nestling in
the bosom of the Goddess of Liberty. Finally
it hns "fired the Southern heart and pieci ba
ted the cottuti Slates into rebellion," and been
"the jaw bone of an ass" in the hands of Jeff.
Davis lo "slay his thousands nud tens of thott
sans with." And now, rivers of blood, spilled
by the hand of countryman against country
man, and Southern plains, strewn with ghastly
human skeletons, and fields encumbered with
the dead nud dyiu, but tkotv thu monster's
work.
O, horrible ! cannibal hearted, sin organed,
uncouth bnrbariuu .' Scowling upon the light
of the uitieteetb century, nud butting thy thick
skull aguiupt the Temple of Liberty I Who
says thou shnlt not die or delay sentence one
day longer than the law will give us power to
speak? Not I! Let tho wounded and howl
ing villain die ! Ho merits no respite nt our
blinds, nnd God knows, no mercy.
But if slavery ba dead already, as some say.
then let the mourneri bo sent fur, and let the
putrid caicass be buried, for we are mider no
obligations to smell the stink any longer. If
there mutt "be weeping nud wailing and
matching out of teeth," when the precious re
mains of tliis "1'nga'i idol of heathen worship"
are lowered, the more prompt the States uru to
act, the sooner the merchants will find sale for
their black crape, and the sooner the widows
will get their faces straight and begin to look
round for something respectable to lie wedded
to.
Our State constitution provides that on ex
traordinary occasions, the Governor may con
vene the legislature ; nud if this he not an
extraordinary occasion, it, may ho uf interest
to show what is extraordinary. Hut Iain op
posed to running the State to any expense on
account rf Ibis tun 1 1 nr. Such members as
would not feel sntislied with having their ne
cessary expenses paid, und the glory of lim ing
their names go down to prosperity in connec
tion with this distinguished execution, might
be paid by subscription. I'ui.k.
Dallas. March -lib, ldtij.
Kinu'8 Vam.ky. Oreg Feb. ID, 'Cj.
Ed. Statksman : I have noticed lately in
the Corvallis Gazette several articles duvoled
to the Ynquinu Buy nnd the officers of the In
dian Department.
I confess I am not a little surprised at the
course taken by that journal towards those offi
cers. I have lived iu this county for the hist
. two years, ami 1 am sure 1 speak nil vised ly
wheu I snr thnt it does not express the feelings
0f the people of the County toward that De
partment, ion Very correct If stateil in the
last Statesman, that the Siii-lz Reservation had
furnished n market Tor a largo surplus raised
from the farms of Benton countv. nud I nut
,1,.., ....... h :.. i.A ..r L.., it.
, y, .
hnve grown rich from the large disbursements
made nt that place hy government. Siletz
Iiesurrntion has indeed been a good neighbor.
It is true that the tune has come when we de
sire access to Yuqoinu Hay, aud 1 have no
doubt wu w ill soon have it. And when we dn,
I for. one shall feel more indebted In those
officials referred to ill the Corvallis Gazette
than to its editor. I rend with great pleasure
the report of the Superintendent of Indian Af
fairs In Commissioner Dole, that wns published
some Iwn months ngo in the Corvall s Gazette.
He paid the people of Benton county a high
compliment us a law-abiding people, and urged
with great earnestness the justice of their
claims tn Ynquina Bay.
He recommended that all the Indians at the
Hay and at Alsea Agency be removed north of
Siletz river, and thnt that entire country be
opened for sellletneiit. What mora could the
pedplc of Benton county ask ?
I have also rend iu Agent Simpson's first
annual report, where he recommends thnt tho
right of way be granted to the people of file
State from the interior to the month of Yuqnina.
And I hnve frequently beard linn say that be
j was very much in luvnr of nil that wua recom-
mended in the Superintendent's report, nud
. that be bad written frequent letters to our del
, egatiun in Congress to the same effect, which I
have no doubt is all correct. Then, I ask.
where is the necessity fur such false und unjust
i insinuations as have appeared ia tho Corvallis
Gazette.
have but little aennaintanoe willi the edi
tor evepnt thrtuieh the naner. mul an onntirtn.
iiv the rebels. Thev are not that kind ol an-
' m-r that will meet' Jon in opi it combat; but
. . . '. . .
like the snake that crawls in the grass and
nnkea nut his forked tongue and throws his
poison upon his man. And the only way we
can reach them fs by entering their datk dens
of treason with a lighted torch from the fire of
our public journals, and thereby shnw the
blackness of their crime n the Komi, for which
they have not (he slightest excuse.
1 am a regular subscriber In the Corvallis
Gazelle as well as many other t'nioit papers of
the State, and 1 hope tn see Ihem all uniti d
against ihe enemy before referred to. Let
ellishuess aud sectional strife b for ever laid
"ide. A I'mon Man.
Saia mia lb Aiaeru-an youna; ladie. are the nun,
ci au.oui ballad tank.is in Ilia wuil l.
OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 20.18G5.
AHOOXUXT TO THE COXSTTlTIOJf.
Tho Washington corresponden of tlie Sao
rninonto Union writes as follow concerning
the passage of Ihe joint resolnlionihrotigh Con
gress, providing for an nmetiduieri to the Con
ttitulion prohibiting slavery : '
The lust day of January, In the year of
grace 1805, will ever he held in grateful ro
metiihrnnco as lhat upon which tin Thirty
eighth Congress finally desired that lie people,
through their Stnlo Legislatures, shitild vote
upon a proposition to so amend til) organic
law of Ihe United States that involuitnry serv
itude, except for mine, shall he former prohib
ited. No man who witnessed the extraordi
nary spectacle of tho passage of the joint reso
lotion will over forget the sight which greeted
the eyes, und many nn old and tried sol
dier in the nriny of freedom wns rtady to say t
" Mine eyes hnve seen Ihe glory of tlietwnilng of the
Lord.''
Tho reader will remember that die Senate
passed the joint resolution at the first sCseion of
the present Congress, but the House, on the
15th of June, 1864, refused itspaauge by a
vote of ninety-five ayes to sixty-iix noes, a
two-thirds vote being necessary. At the time
Ashley of Ohio threw himself into ithu .brcaohj
nud voted for the amendment for the purpose
Ol 1110,10a, a tc-uuo.iuoi ctkii'u iiimuh uu Old (Winy
during thu present session. The debate from
time to time has been of nn special interest,
and, as before staled, bus only served to kill
time, while individual labor has effected con
versions from the opposition. On Tuesday,
January Mist, the question came up ns 11
special order, and the hall of tho House be
came at once a central point of attraction, it
being understood thnt the previous question
would be called at three o'clock. The galle
ries, corridors and b bbiea were crowded with
an expectant assemblage ; Ihe reporter's gal
lery was invaded hy a crowd of fair outsiders,
and even the sacred preeints of the floor of the
House were swarming with anxious magnates
mul semi officials. Thero wns the Chief
Justice, with his Associates, Swayiie, Miller,
Nelson and Field, Secretary Fcseemlon, Post
master General Deiitiison, Senators by the
dozen, tho electoral messengers of Oregon, Ne
vada nud California, Montgomery Blair, and
hosts of other notables. Sharp anxiety and ex
pectation sat on every countenance, though nn
the hour ol thu House, w here the mouthers lull
prutly certain of a victory, there was less of
doubt than in the tipper gnllerirs. The open
ins gun came Irani Archibald McAllister, of
Pennsylvania, a Copperhead, who sent up to
the Clerk's desk the following tide, which was
read niiiul a rustle ol applause :
" When this subject was before tho House
on a former occasion I voted against tlie mens
ure, I have been in favor of exhausting all
means of conciliation to restore the Union as
onr fathers made it. I mil for the Union, the
whole Union, and utterly opposed to secession
or dissolution in any way or shape.
The result of all the peace ini-sions, and
especially that of Bhiir, hns satisfied me that
nothing short of the recognition of their inde
pendence will satisfy the Southern Confederacy.
It must tlierelor ho destroyed ; and voting
for the present measure I oast my vote aguiiit
the cornerstone ol (lie houtliern Uonlederacy,
and declare eternal war ugaiust tha enemies of
my country."
A. N. CofiVoth, nf Pennsylvania, of the same
stripe, then read lit a niecliuiiica I tnenncr,
hands iu pockets, a speech, which nobody
heard, but everybody knew was a public, re
cantation of his heresy on the question ; next
Miller, a colleague of the above-named gentle,
man, interjected his protest against tho senti
ments just utterod, avowing his intention to
die like a consistent Democrat, lighting for
slavery and its purpctuHtion. Anson Herrick.
a New Y'ork War Democrat, followed iu a sen
sihle speech, explaining his ohitugo of heart,
and Ins itiiontiun to vote for the amendment.
Brown of Wisconsin, a Copperhead uf short
range nnd smooth bore, followed in a curious
essay, which only showed that lie was " for the
law, lint ngi:i Its execution.' Harding, ol
Kentucky, a solidified lump of selfish sourness,
made a bitter, biting, querulous speech, iu
which he branded as renegades such border
men ns Smith. Ycainiiii and Anderson, of Ken
tucky. Then Kalblleiscli, of New Y'oik, deliv
ered n long, written Imrangue, which severely
tried tho patience of everybody, nud pushed
the hour Inr taking tho vuto still lorlher on.
This "calves' llesh" having leased its plaintive
blent, Ashely moved the previous question of
the reconsideration ; tho ayes anil noes were
called, and nt once nil attention was riveted
upon tbo result, which was 1112 to !7, n mo
tion to lay thu vote to reconsider on the tabid
having bailed It wns evident that there must
hu a gain or the requisite two. thirds would not
he obtained. Sti'l tho member were serenely
satisfied, but the faces in the gallery grew
sharper with anxiety. Now red faced Mullory,
lingering aiming his flesh pots of shivery, rises
Ion question ot order, winch is tint a cotisti
tulioniil majority of two-thirds is necessary to
reconsider the vote; uf course, so nlisurd a
point is overruled, tho Speaker staling the
case in his clour nn.l sharp manner. Mullory
next pleads Tor delay, protests Hint It Is not
fair to fume the vote to-day, though he well
knows that such baa been the understand
ing for two.wecks. The supreme moment ar
rives, nnd the original question is before the
House. Colfax s ringing voice demanding, "shall
the joint resolution pass 7" The roll call pro
ceeded, and as the dull droning of thu Clerk's
voiee went slowly dow n the list, knots of mem
bers gathered nronnd their fellows who were
keeping tally, while a group of Copperheads
hung around IVmlletini, gluoiny, black and
sour. Win 11 the name of John Jansan, a
New York Copperhead, gave back an echo of
Are," lunch to the surprise id all, there was
a hurst of nnplaiise, for the rubicon was passed
and tha resolution was safe. A like burst also
greeted tbo " Ayo" of Eldridge, nf Wisconsin,
heretofore n troublesome demagogue 111 the op
position ranks. The speaker, invoked order,
and the mil concluded thus Holder State
men in Ilea list of avei being in "small caps"
and " Democrats" in italics :
Ayes Messrs. Alley, Alli-om, Ames, Amu'.usos, Ar
a 1 1, A-hley, f'ocv, Agutn C. liitltiwiu, J.ihn 11
Hildariu, Bixter. Ilrainan. Blania, III. aim. Bin. H.nt
wi II, Itivn, Puulcgce. II10 'inall.W ii.i.tg C HiI'ikv
Amliros W. ( Ink. Freeman Clarke. U 'lib. tf,eA,
Co g C ollilX.t KKfWH,!.. HkBV WlSTfS IHvis.l u.,11 a.
T. Ijvi-, D.iws, lieinii.ir, Hixon. Hutoiclly, liriggs,
H im nit, F. ktey, Kiel. rvnWi". Fsrnswotth. Frank.
liantoH. Uiirlield, lea ll, tirtnnell. (.Vitrud. lUle,
I. enrk itr'.v. Hornier, Hot. Iiki... A-.iliel W . ub
Intnl. lohn II. Iblliliard, Hullnird, uiVAisa. Hgenudl,
Ji n. kea. .II I. nn. Ks-oil. Kellry, F. W. Kellogg. i)r-
Undo Ki-llogg, hisu. hsox. Lttlejohn. Loan. I.on
gvear, Marvin. McAlMtr, M ltri.tr., Jkl'l.l RO, Sic
lud e. nim. F. Miller. Jloorhcnd Morrill. Daniel M .r
r. Amos Mir. Leonard Myers, AWso, Norion.
(htril, Charles ll'Xeil. Oitb. Pallarwn, Perham. Pike.
Pmicrov. Price, l'l'll""!. a. II. IUmhi.i.. Alexin.
dsr II. Itiee. J'.lin II. I(l. t'M. II. Kollt., J.aasK
Rn.i.ts, S- beni k.S holtt-ld. Shannon, slnnn, Saint,
-aiTUKR-.spaidihg. Starr. J.I1 frteelr. Stevens. Thayer,
I'lium. Trace. I ppon. Van Vaikcnburth. Ktihu II
w'rtsi,.rne Wuh.1111 It Wii,hlcirn, Wrn-tTt.u.ViMi.i;v.
H'Wer, V ilhsins, tlder. n tlaon, W n. .111 . Waal
liridie. WMitliitii-loii, and iVrtaoia III).
Noes M,..rs Jsmea V. Alleti, William J. Allen
All on i, Boas, Hns.k. JaUieaS. Itrown, (, hsiiler.l lav,
I tx. Cr.ivcu,. Iisa-.on. l)enioii. Kdcn. Fdgi it"n, Kt
drole. Flio k. Itrnler. Hall, Harditur. HamnuPui. lien-
j.tniu I. Hani. ' l.ail'-a M. II inis. Holinan, I'lnlip
J .Ihiwi. w lili'iul J liaoii. tuiollei.' t, Keilmn. Miati
l.iw, l.onx, Mall'.ry. William II. Miller. .Utiles It
M'.rrl. Morlifc-n, N'.ole, J.ihn O Nsil, Pctnlkto 1. Per
rr rruyo. Ssmosl 4. iutid:iii. i:ii,(ii.on. H iss. Si-oU,
tVillia'n li. Steele, Stili". Stnanuh Stuart. Sweat, Tun-
ii.. W a l-a- alh. W aid .11). It in A. W bila, Jo-enli W
While, IVintlchl. Il'i jamln W md and Fernando Wood
'.ti.
N .t v tintr Jl r laicaar, Ilthmd, M ih y. M'
IWwII, M Kiniicy. M ddlt-too, Ibigera aud Vm.rl.ee
When the roll call was concluded the Spenker
exerriw-d bis I rerogniive and asked the C'h'fk
to fill hi. unitie, and a rumble ol appkiuse fill
lowed bis cbur " ajo." Then Ihe recotd Ih'Uii
made up. Ike Speaker announced : "On Ihe
pn-a-a of Ibe joint resolution to anietnl Ihe
i'oiislitulieii of the United Satis, the ayes ate
ll!, the noes .Vi. The constitutional iinjoniy
having voted In tho affirmative, the Joint reso
lution has passed." Instantly thero was a
puseof titter silence, then a burst, a storm of
cheers, the like of which no Congress nf the
United Stales ever saw. Strong men embraced
each other with tenrs ; the galleries and spaces
stood bristling with cheering crowds ; tlta air
wns stirred with a cloud ot wotrrnn's Iterchtels
waving nnd floating', hands went shaken, ami
cheer after cheer, hurst after btfrst followed.
nnd full five minutes elapsed bolorn enough of
silenen returned to enable lngersoll to mnvo
an adjournment in honor of tho day, upon
which Harris, of Murvland, while with rage.
doinaniletl tho aven and lines. The. roll call
wns begun, nud members answered to tin ir
n a in cs nud passed out Cox, Petiilleton, nnd the
rest of the defeated Copperheads taking np
their heats and blackly stealing away. Hie
linnl blow nt the crime of slavery bus been
struck, but a few mitre events will follow in the
natural seiineuce. when we mnv truly say no
rood of soil beneath our flue holds a slave
Thank God, the day hns passed when freedom
is in thu minority and oppression domiufitit in
tho United StittcB. The joint resolution origin
ated in tho Senate, beine drawn by llenilor
sou, of Missouri, amended by Trumbull, and
finally passed as follows
Joint llosolutlnn submitting to the legislatures of the
. mniXmln 1,10 vumm
Be il rciolrcrl hy the Seitole awl ltoue of Rep,
reenlut'tve of the tjuitetl State of America in Con.
grcn aemhtcd (two-thirds of both Houses concurring),
mat the loll nvlng Article bo proposed to the lieglsia
tiires of the sr vent! Suites ns tin amendment tu the
Constitution of the United States, which, when rnllllcd
hv three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall he valid, to
nil luteins nnd purposes, us a p:irt ol the Haul Uoiil.
tution, niinielv:
Article 12, Section 1. Neither slavery nor Involun
tary servitude, except ns n punishment for crimes,
whereof the putv shnll hnve been duly convicted, shall
exist within the United states, or any place subject to
their Jurisdiction.
Sec, 2, Congress shall have power to enforce this
Article oy appropriate legislation.
Who Sackkd Atlanta 1 The Richmond
papers have printed exciting nccimnts of the
robbery and destruction of property in Atlanta
hy our troops ; but the Augusta Constitution
alist now confesses that the sucking was dime
by Georgians themselves. It gives this lively
account 01 now it was mine :
"Soon alter the Yankees left, the country
people Hocked in hy scores from nil parts of tlie
country, some coming over one hundred miles.
Every description of vehicle, drawn by mules,
Horses, stallions, neks, jennies, oxen, bullocks
etc., could he seen upon the streets. The
scene licK-'ars description. Iron, salt, liauiiu,
flour, sugar, cnlloe, hides, and everything else
lett hy the, Yankees were unceremoniously do
posited iu wngims and carls and carried oil".
Hut our country cousins did not stop at thnt,
They entered the dwelling houses of those ab
sent and gutted litem of all their furniture. -
One lady, who left her house for a few hours to
attend to pressing business, was astonished to
nud, on her return, nil ot her turnitiire nud
wearing apparel gone. Fully 150 planus' were
curried oil' by I lit, hmisiei s, tunny nf w hom
were 11 11 used to any 'concord of the sweet
sounds,' save thnt produced by a jewehurp or
a liddle. Unu ot thorn, an illiterate liaukwtiods
man, whu resided in an hiiml lo but, ten hv
twelve, wns seen carrying out a magnificent
pinno iu a small catt drawn hy 11 two year old
hiillocx. A venerable dnine was observed try
ing tn haul Into her cart u fine piano by mentis
01 aropo attached toils legs W lieu usued
what sho wns doing, she replied that she had
found a 'mighty nice table in t h nr. and was
trying to got it iu her heart.' One ninn nlone
carried nil' over $.0,0l)l) worth of dry hides
Steps have been tnlieiT to secure all tho article.
carried nil. as well as the oirei.ileis. Already
much properly has been restored
Featuiics op Tim Nbw Tax Him. The
following are some of the features of the new
tax lull, us p ssed hy l.olh Houses of Congress
On all incomes exceeding six hundred dollars.
a tax of five per cent.; mi nil over ten thousand
dollars a lax of leu per cent. The lax on ci
gars issued at ten dollars per thousand, with
out regard to prico or quality, instead of so
itiucti per pound on nil
tobacco manufactured
purely from Ihe leaf. A tax of fortv cents
per pound tin smoking tobacco, and toba.cn
manufactured from stouts, etc., thirty live cents
per pound alter July, IHtilj. There is to be
levied n tax of ten per cent, on all the State
bunk circulation from tho first of next may.
I he savings' banks are one hajf of one per
cent, on their deposits. (In petroleum tho tux
is finally fixed at one dollar per barrel of Ihirly
gallons. Nu drawback is ullmved whatever
when the petroleum is exported, lit tho illlh
section nf the old revenue law, an increased
tax uf twenty percent, is levied on every ar.
tide of the schedule named in it.
This includes all kinds of maiiiifaetnres, and
Ihe old law, with this twenty per cent, added,
will lie Ihe new slumlord id taxation. The
stamp uct is so amended as to titiiko every writ
ten instrument void without its proper slump.
The tux nn cotton was stricken not, the Semite
relusing to concur, unless drnwliaiiks were
given en maiiuliiclurud articles. Bnlh Houses
agreed to the app intuit' ut of Ciiuiiniaeioiiers to
act during Ihu recess to exumiue into thu sub-
ct ol taxation.
Rkunion of thk Noitrii ami Soctii,
Even Ihe Richmond Kmiuirer ncoiitly set
torlli the grand result of that would follow the
reunion of Ihe North and South, nnd coming
Iroin such a source Ihu words have double em
pnsis: "Neither France, nor Mexico nor
Litgluiid, has extended any onciiurugciiiciit to
this Confederacy, and if our cause fail, after
every manly effort that we can make In its be
half, then pride as well as interest would die
lute that, if e arc to be cot quereil, we should
belong to a great nu I ptiwurlol nation. Thnt
we should endeavor to extend Ihe power and
influence of that nation Iroin pole to pole, and
uniting every country hy alliance, cither con
stitutional ur treaty, to seek In nialto this con
tinent a unit against Ihe world. In the grand
eur and power of suoh a nation ; with armies
such as the United Slates and the Confederate
States huvu put into thu field during Ibis war,
united under one ling; with a navy such ns Ihu
two nations could put upon the ocean ; Willi
the wealth and population which pence and
union would develoi in a few yeaia, we might
find at least a hiding place for our shame, and
perhaps some consolation that Amor ca would
become tho Colossal power of tho Win Id.
Gt'.NKIIAL St'lllMMKI.FKNNIO. Fred Elllctt,
formerly nu officer in the Prussian service, but
now residing in Sacramento, gives Hie follow
ing information about General Scheininelfou.
nig, with whom deserved in Europe;
I served W illi him iu llie same division in the
Prussian enrin d'armee of Ihe Rhine. We
were together In Srhleswig, llolsti-in and Ba
den, Schemuielfeniiig was, iu 18 IH, a Lieuten
ant In I be Prussian army ; went, Ihe saute
year, lo Sclilesn i;-llolsli in, ami entered as
Captniu iu lhat famous corps nf Volunteers un
der Mnir V. II. T'uiin. and was wounded by a
ball. In HID he went In Baden, and was
nominated Major on Ihe Prussian frontier ill
the Batnrin.il palitannte of tha Rhino. As the
Prussian army entered the Palatinate be was
commander cl the southern division of the
army, fought Hamburg, and Inter, uttdcr Wil
hcH. at Aunwister, where he was wounded iu
leading his l obimii against a mountain farm
house crowded with Piussian sharpshooters.
In Schelswig, as in Il'ideo, he was known lor
his rtckless bravery.
Thu Vai.i-k or an Oath. The Auburn
Start and Striii i rvl.lt s the following;
All doubts which we nmy have, heretofore
entertained bb lo the propriety nf so amending
our Practice At I aa to admit Chines eiiidcuec.
has been dispelled by the answer of a Celestial
recently examined iu the County Court, who,
being asked if he knew the value of an oath,
answered J " Oh yes, rpose so inn rprakuin he,
Jese t lue mnke me heep tluhhul
WHOLE NO TS1.
lUKIlKSl'ONUhltlE.
Canyonvhxis. Feb, 28. Wh. .
En. 8't'ATKiMAM Dear Sin Inclosed von
will please find a letter from Gov, F. V. Low
nf California, which I solicit you to publish for
tlie benefit of Sanitary contributora.
Had Mr. Holbrook only given me pnhiio tun
satisfaction they have so oft and so reasonably.
demanded, tins contriiiution nugni, nun won
pleasure would have, been remitted to him.
I am requested hy (imminent citizens sun.
scrihers lo the Statesman to make complaint
of the irregular arrival of your journal, caused.
wo firmly believe, hy the gross remissness nnn
provoking oarelessness of some Postmasters,
one of whom we believe Is stationed in the
town of lioschurg, from which plncu our nor
them papers aro most invariatiiv sent Knutli.
probably as far as Sacramento. Wo feel it to
bo gating In the exfremo, and we trust the
cause can bo remedied.
; ,, Very Respectfully 3.,
BlMOKR tlBRUAN.'
San Francisco, Feb. 9, 1805.
Dinger Herman, Est., Cnnyonvitle, Oregon.
near Bir : l neir to acanowieuuii his re
ceipt nf your valued favor of 1st Inst., enclos
ing 9 140 in Legal Tender Notes, as a contri
bution to, the Sanitary Funia which amount I
have turned over to the Trfasitref of Hie Cali
fornia Branch of tbo Sanitary Commission, tn
ne renin ten niiti oiiin umiiniM.ttm. The re
ceipt will be acknowledged through tbo col-
tun ns ot the daily papers ol tins our.
Uespcctlully l'onrs, r.t'.iimv,
Prr-s't C. H. 8. C.
UllKNINU OF TUB SMITHSONIAN INSTITU
TION. tin luestlny, January SMtn, a prnlound
sensation wns created by the intelligence thnt
thu noble edifice dedicated to Science and Art,
tlie Sinitsoniaii Institution, was nn fire. Tlie
imposing pilo was wrapped iu a dense cloud of
smoke, and soon tho lire burst from nil of the
upper portions of tho towers, forming a strik
ing spectacle, the millions of fiery tongues run
ning rapidly up thu tall windowed anil castel
lated towers, roaring like the blasts of a great
furnace. In broad dnylight that splendid edi
fice, containing a rich store of rcourds nnd val
uable paintings, wns perml ted tn burn almost
tn tho ground, tho miserably ineflioient Fire
Department of the National Capital being un
usually conspicuous for Its vnluel'issness. A
fire-proof floor saved the museum ball on the
lower floor, k here arc thu chief collections nf
Wilkes, Kane nud other explorers. Iu one of
Ihe upper balls was a fine gallery of paintings
of Indians and Inilinh life, the works of Stan
ley, the artist and traveler, These were all
destroyed, and tho work uf a lifetime wns thus
swept away immediately, Another loss wns
that, of a lino library belonging to tho town ol
lteanlort (S. C). sent hero lor safe-keeping by
the military authorities when tha town was
taken from the rebels. The library of the In
stil utitiu nud many vnluablu records were sav
ed, but the loss of philosophical apparatus and
journals wns cmnpleto nud calamitous. Tho
nulls id the building stand intact, a sail sight
In the lover of Suienco and Art. The lire
caught in the lolls, from a defective flue, and
was not discovered until the olerk, W. J.
llbci's, hoard the torrents uf flitinu crackling
and pouring down from tho attics to tho floor
below. Wash, Cor. Sac. Union.
Tub National Loan Svstbm. The Sec
retary of the Treasury has gone back to the
system of negotiating the Government loans
originated hy Chase at the outset of bis official
career and nfterwnrds abumluiied by him, nnd
has concluded an arrangement witlt Jay Cooke,
of l'hllallelphia, to take the general subscrip
tion agency fur the sale of tho suvuti-tliirty
loans. The present plan of leparato, independ
ent effort through tlie Nuliutinl Hunks and
other ugencifs, has rendered good service in
obtaining subscriptions to this loan, but Ihe
daily requirements of the (iovcrniiient demand
ing a more systematic and united movement,
with a view to the inorense nf tlie treasury re
ceipts from loans, it bus been determined, after
having given a fair trial tu other methods, tn
rt'llir" " 'o general agency which was so suo-
oessfnl in Ihe ni golion of the five-tw.'itty loan.
11 ' uiitlersinna tnnl under the new nrrnuge
nieiit the National Bunks will continue to re
ceive suhruriplioiis aa heretofore, reporting to
tne Treasury Department all sales np tu the
III st nf January, and to Ilia general snbscrip
'ion ngetit all sales made on and niter Febru
ary let. II. is confidently expected that this
general agency system, which will be greatly
oxlended, will p uvu adequate lo meet all the
purposes uf the Government without n resort
to other loans, Cooke had nn little agency in
contributing tn Ihu success of the live-lwuuly
loan, mid his experience will enable him to aid
greatly iu lhat of tho seveu-thirly lonti. Aew
York Keening i'ost.
A PltACTICAL Rt-lVFItHM, OF THK DllBt)
Scott Dkcision. Yesterday morning, upon
Ihe opening of tho Supreme Court, Charles
Sumner, of Massachusetts, made a motion that
John S. Rock, a member of the bar nf the Su
preme Com I of tho State of Massachusetts, he
admitted to practice nl Ihe bur of the United
States Supreme Court. The Chief Justice re
plied, " Let Ihe gentleman nominated ho ad
mitted ;" whereupon a Well-dressed, respecta
ble looking colored hum stepped forward to the
desk uf llio clerk, a rcoesh. pto slavery protego
of thu defnnct Tiiney, took the oath of alle
giance and of office, paid his feo like a while
man, ami was forthwith a member of the bar
aforesaid, despite tbo ill concealed disgust nf
the clerk, who looked as Ihutigh ho could bite
oil' lh learned Rock's head with a good appe
tite. Coining right on the heels of the passage
nf Ihe Constitutional Amendment, ns this event
does, it is npparont to every thinking mind that
thu. ancient palladium uf our liberties is de
al roved, our constitutional rights invaded, and
Ihe Constitution itself ou a struighl road to the
d"gs.
Rt.KsiA and Tr.LB'iitAPim. The English
journals seem tu he quite nslonisbed that Rus
sia has nuw, and Inr nine time past has bad tel
egraphic conimuiiiuali m with India. It np.
pears that a Russian line passes direct to Te
heran, and Horn thence there is a lino passing
direct to the Persian Gulf submarine cable.
Hut not only has Russia this lino to India, but
it is announced by the Inst nrrivnl from Europe
that Iter telegraph aorvico is now organized
as fur as the Inniliors of China, 'l ite lino
passes by Knsati Jumene, Omsk and Irkoutsk,
where it divides into two branches, one lo Ir
bill, nnd Iho i t ier lo Chnilriusk. The lolul
length of the line is 5.4:W Versles (fivo-eighilu
of a mile cnoh) This line will, tin doubt, ho
he continued to Herring's Strait, and tha first
Hush of coiiiiiiunication between Eutnpe and
Ameika will mine by that route rather hau
by the submarine n nchiuery of Mr. Field. A'.
i' Day Hook.
Bah Pkacth'K. Many persona who nut
kerosene lamps, are in the habit, when truing
to bed, or when leaving a room lor a short time,
of turning the wick down low tn save a trillu
of the consumption of oil. Tha consequence
is that the air el the room mu becomes vitiated
by the uncoiiiiiineil oil vapors, by Ihe guss pro
doted by combustion, nnd also by tlie immito
pull i lea ol smoke which aro thrown olr.
Air thus poisoned is deadly in its i-tfeui. and
the wonder il that wore pursoua are not imine.
dialely and lutully injured by breathing it. Ir
ritnlinu and Inlliiniation of Ihe throat and
lungs, headache, diziness and nviaea, are
niiiong the rlfceis.
Tin: lit. iiki, GKNhitAl, Pitii B. That tho
rebel General Price is dead seems In be settled
by a rebel olllcinl order which has been re
ceived at Little liwk by (lit Union comman
der. General Reynolds. This order, which il
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SPEECH OF HON. JOHK II. M'BBIDE,
January 10, IKtio, !
On the Joint Remlntion to Amend the Constitution1
"a to Prohibit Slavery.
Mr. Sneaker, by the vote on tha motion of
tlio.gciitluinan from Ohio Mr. Ashley thii !
iluuso will decide whether the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, by w'nioh slavery '
shall bo - prohibited within the limits of the .
United States, shall bo submitted tn the saver-,
nl States fur their action or not. No one an-
thoriaed to speak for the State whose interest! "
1 represent upon tliia floor has yet spoken upon '
this (tiicstion In either branch of Congress, '
and I avail myself of the privilege of giving; -expression
to mv viowi with great pleasare be
cause my State hns hitherto been unheard ; and '
secondly, that they are ia emphatio harmony
with the clearly expressed seutimenta of mjr '
conatitilents.
I shall ask the indulgence or the House for;
but a brief time, while I present in oonoise '
form the rcasuna which govern my vote on thii
arave nueition. 1 have no with to enter the
iirouil field which baa been awept by this de
bate for tho purpose of gleaning after the rovr
iiul reapers who have entered the harvest De-'(
fore me, but I will traverse the limited scope
which I liuvo' prescribed to myself with as
tniiuh rnniditv ns ia consistent with the per
spicuous presentation of tlie positions which I
shall endeavor to establish by tho way, prom
ising to ba (for I know bow anxious most mem
bet s nre tu close I his debate) neither elaborate
nor diffuse.
Tho first question which presents itself in the
consideration of Ibis proposition I whether we
havo the power to tnkp tho proposed action of
inhibiting Ihe abolition of slavery by a prohibi
tion of it in our fundamental law ; If we have
not tho power to do it, the rightful authority aa
nu American Congress, then all discussion aa
to the propriety, tho expediency, or even the
necessity of the aet is uf course idle fully.
Hut, sir, I have listuued carcfuly and atten
tively tu tbo arguments uf the gentlemen npon
tho prosluvcry sidu of the question, who deny
onr uuthority tn amend the Constitution as
propiisi'tli.witliout being able to perceive the
justice ur soundness uf their assumption. I
perused with patience tho Ingenious argument
of the distinguished gentleman from Ohio Mr.
Pendleton, tuudo at the lust session of Con-'
gross, und reiterated Saturday last by his col
lege, Mr. Bliss, tho gentleman from New
York. Mr, Pruyon, and a member from Now
Jersey whom I dn not choose to name. The
gist of l lui t argument being that slavery ia a
State institution, never submitted by them to
Federal control, that it ia an indefeasible right
of properly conferred by State law, and not to
be divested by nny other sanction, ia a fallacy,
which can, I think, be must easily mid conclus
ively met nnd answered.
You assert that slavery is a local institution.
deriving nil its right to exist Irom the muni
cipal laws of each State where it is acknowl
edged. I admit the assertion. You assert
Ihut it wus a subjcot left by the f miners of the
Constitution to tho States, to ba by them con
trolled, legislated npon, encouruged, fostered,
or abolished iu the State, aa to thera seemed
most expedieut. That 1 also do admit.
Y'ou assert that, owing its existence to State
luws und State authority, and being a subject
let by the frames of our fundamental law to
tho exclusive control of the State uuthoriity,
therefore we hnve uo right to so amend the
Constitution as to tako Federal oontorl of aud
abolish it. This assertion I duny. The con
clusion does nut follow from your premises, as
I now propose to demonstrate. This is
Uoptisition tn amend tbo Constitution of the
tilted States aud to establish iu that Consti
tution a power not hitherto possessed. That
Constitution is tlie existing fundamental law ot
tho States, having been assented to and ratified
by them. 1 contains among its provisions one
by w hich it prescribes the methods by wbioh
the instrument may be allured, changed, and
amended. Thnso methods are, that the two
Houses nmy, by a two-thirds vote, propose
amendments; or Congress mny, on application
of the legislatures uf two-thirds of the several
States, call a convention to propose amend
ments tu tho Constitution ; nnd in cither case,
whenever the proposed amendment or amend
ments ahull he ratified by three-fourths of the
Stales, they shall become valid and binding
provisions ui tne uonstituunn ; anu upon Una
power uf amendment theer is only one limita
tion, nim that is that " no state without its
consent shall he deprived of its equal suffrage
:.. .i. a ...i, ri'l. r..i, i .
in inu cettniu. i no iuii aim complete power
Iu amend the Constitution in nny aud every
particular is giveu and confirmed by the fifth
nrticlu of the Constitution, curtailed by the
sitiglu existing limitation as to the equal State
representation iu the Senate. If the States
hud intended, when the Coustitutiou was origi
nally formed, to forever kuep the Institution of
slavery be) nnd Federal oontrol, they should
ami would have excepted that also, with the
right of equal suffrage iu Ihe Senate, from
the subjects of righful amendment.
I grant lhat the right to abolish slavery was
nut giveu lo tho Federal authority as a legisla
tive power, but tlie means by which the natloual
Governitieut might obluin that power through
an niiieiidmcnt tu tbo Cuustitutiun were giveu,
and thnso wo nuw propose to apply.
If domestic slavery was beyond our oontrol
otigiiinlly, the Constitution points out tlie way
by which wo may legitimately tako It under
cognizance, and wo arc following striotly the
methods it prescribes.
Sir, we ate tuld that by this amendment, if
it eucceeds, wu are encroaching upon the rights
of tbo Stales, and that we aro taking a step to
ward consolidation. Certainly we are ; and if
the STntcs, In the mode presonbed by the Con
stitution, chtioso to yield not only tho fight
which they have hitburto enjoyed of controlling
and perpetuating the system of slavery, but
every oilier puhtical right exercised by them,
l bey can unquestionably duso. It may be very
nuwise policy for Ilium Iu do so; but it can
nevertheless be done constitutionally; and that
ia thu question I am now considering.
1 think, then, that I have established the
proposition that, as all tho States have agreed
hy their ratification of tha Constitution to abide
all amendments which shaU be made lo that
inurnment which receives th'o sanction of three
fourths of their number, having first passed the
preliminary ordeal of a two-thirds majority of
both Houses of Congress, or of a national con
vention, our proposed amendment is perfect!
within our province and power.
And nuw, Mr. Speaker. I pass from the ques
tion of uur power to amend, aud cume tu Ihe
eqi.nlly impnrtsut pruolienl questiou, the ex
pediency uf tho proposed amendment. Ought
slavery in these United States to be abolished t
It is uur duty as statesmen seeking the good ot
the country aud of posterity lo put an end to
this Institution I Is it our duty as citiieus,
loving our country aud seeking her glory and
prosperity, and witbul having ber good name
among nations committed tu our care, to rid
her ol litis institution J
Mr, it seems lo me that but one patriulie
answer can be given tu these qnustiuns. aud
that is au aflinualivo one. View It in whatever
light you may. Ihu answer must still be tha
saiiiu. I.nuk at it as a question of mere political
economy, and the argument of material pros
peiity alone tumid say abolish it forever. The
argument of statistics and facts, so triumphantly
conclusive as tu defy all alto t ptsat refutation,
which my fiicnd from Maryland Mr. Cress
et ell presented the other (lay, ought of itself
to determine every man who seeks for the
proper development uf this fair western couti
netit, to vote for the abolition of slavery en
every proper neeaaimi.
When an American citinen enters a foreign
bunt and sees Iho degradation to which the
downtrodden masses nre subjected by their
kiuglv rulers, his soul revolts at Ihe injustice,
lull bis mouth is closed sgainet remoustraooe.
If be talks of the beiicfiuvnce of free institu
tions and Hie glmy of republican government