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8 POLITICAL PENDLETON’S RECORD IN i861. Baatiorm Proposed for the National Democratic Convention. 3HE CHASE MOVEME Mfatter for the Consideration of the Conven- ten Delegatee—Speech of George H. Pen- @eton im the House of Representatives, January 18, 1861. ‘The House being in Committee of the Whole on ‘fhe State of the Union, Mr. Pendleton said:— Mr. ChaimmMan—I desired this morning, before the House resolved "itself into the Committee of the ‘Whole, to obtain the floor that,I might present the memorial which I hold in my hand. It comes from ‘en thensand citizens of Cincinnati, and prays Con- gress to adopt the propositions introduced into the Benate by the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Critten- @en). Icould not have had an introduction to the re- marks which I shall make more grateful to my own Beelings than this exhibition of the sincere desire and the determined pu of those whom I have the honor to represent, by conciliation and compro- Mise and peace, to compose the difficulties which mow exist throughout the country. The bill, Mr. Charman, now before the committee is the Appropriation bill. Pertinent to it and to the dis- eussion we have had upon it is the consideration ef another bill, which I find table. It was introduced by my _ colleague (Mr. Bingham), is_ @ member of’ the on the Jud! , and is entitled “An act further to provide for the collection of duties on ‘‘mporis.” I propose to detain the House for a few moments with an examination of the provisions of ‘Shis yi. * * * Iam aware, Mr. Chairman, that [rer claim to have high authority for this bill. y ie themselves upon the astuteneas witli wi y have copied the first section of the act of 2833, ; Jt seems to me they fail to observe a vast dif- of circumstances between that time and the P ‘In 1833 the State of South Carolina annulled one of the laws of or endeavored to do 80, She (tted our J iiction; she acknowledged our genet! authority; our were in full operation; eur chyil officers enjoyed their offices and performed their duties; the machin ery of our federal govern- ment,was-perfect in all ite detatls throughout the Btate. To-day, sir, our States of this Union have, as far as their power extends, seceded from it. Four s ‘Mey have resumed the powers delegated con-+ szitution; they have cancelled as far as they could every limitation upon the full exercise of their sovel rights; ey do not claim our protection; = no benefit from our laws; they seek none of advantages of the confederation. the other hand, they renounce their allegiance; they repudiate our authority over them; and they assert that the! ave assumed, some of them that they have resumed, shetr ai the mong oe among the nations of the earth. Sir, 1 deal in no harsh ere F will denounce no State, no body of mep. 1 will not pause to inquire whether they have Gone all this legally or heome' J or upon sufficient sause. They have done it; a I recognize the fact. = have done it with a unanimity of sentiment, with @ coincidence of opinion among their people, which 1s without parallel in the history of revolu- ‘Gong; and the simple question presented to us to-day is this: whether, throughout the limits of those States which thus ly, thus gees”) by the enact- ments of representative bodies af capacity known to the civilized nations—conventions duly authorized and Benny elected to consider ponte t fh sapere ave declared themselves inde- penden: us—we are prepared by force of arms to maintain our supremacy and enforce our laws ? ‘Gentlemen will remember that when my colleague Mntroduced this bill two weeks ago it applied to a @ingle State; to-day, sir, four States stand in the same eategory. , even while I am speaking, Geor- [obetecwm upon this very question. And unless signs of the times very much deceive within ‘three weeks three other States will be added to the mumber. know that gentlemen insist upon ina: urating a course of lation looking to coercion Dy Jorce of avms, of tehich this ts the forerunner, Yor various They tell us—and my considerations. coReague (Mr. Bingham) will tell us—perhaps he already told us, that they must enforce the laws; that they must collect the revenue; that they must maintain the constitution. Sir, these ends are very desirable to be attained. I will aid in to accomplish them. I vote for any system of legislation which will effect them. But, in my judgment, the system of which ‘his bill is the harbinger will utterly fail. * * * sir, you will not collect oné dollar of revenue— not one dollar. How many ships will go into the port ¥ Charleston if at the mouth of the harbor a vi of the United States compels them to @uties, and before they reach their moorings <4 are met by State laws, to be executed by State offi- eel ee upon the penalty of seizure and ion, the ent of the same rate of duties again to them? Not a vessel will Fo, into the = And if private persons were willing to take their ebances how long would foreign nations submit to ‘% that you, by armed vessels, should collect your customs at mouth of the harbor, when your receipt was not good on the shore? How long, wnless you secure to them the consideration upon which alone customs are paid, that ‘ab importer shall have free ingress and the right to well upon the land? Your pretended system of col- lecting the revenue will be only a blockade; it will be @n act of war; it will impose restraints upon trade, not by open and declared war, but by a pretended pole reguiation to which other nations have not submitted and to which they will not now submit. = * * But gentlemen tell us that they must en- force the laws. I have shown that they cannot en- force the revenue laws. What other laws do they pro) to enforce? Do they propose to carry tne Inalls through the State of South Carolina or any other seceding State? No, sir; they are willing to sus- pend those laws, although it may be as necessary to ‘be people of the country to have free postal com- munication with the interior of the seceding States as to collect afew hundred or afew thousand dol- Jars at their ports. Do they propose to enforce the Jaws for the administration of justice? No, sir, that Is not contemplated; although it is the constitu- tional right of every citizen of the United States to Dave his claims against any citizen of South Carolina adjudicated in the federal courts. Those laws they ‘will suspend. Do they propose to enforce the laws for the punishment of erime ? No, sir; even though it fe just as for the well-being of the that the current coin of the United Mna as in any of the other States Gentiemen, you are willl these laws, or to wink at ‘will you not suspend the revenue ws also? Is the collection of customs the great end of all government—the highest object of all statesman- ship? * * * Now, sir, what force of arms can compe! a State to do that which she has agreed to do? What force of arms can compel a State to re- frain from doing that which her state government, supported by the sentiment of her people, is deter- mined to Pay in doing? It ts provided in the con @titution that the citizens of every State shall have gil the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States. What force of this federai govern. ment can compel the observance of that clause, if a State ts determined to pass and execute laws where- by citizens of other States shall not have, within its mits, the same privileges as ite own citizens? * * + ‘The general government is invested with certain were necessary to be executed in order to keep Tomachinery ol the government in motion. Can any number of troops or the use of any armed force on the part of these States compel the general gov- ernment to execute those powers if the agents ap- inted for that purpose deliberately, persistently re- Rise to execute them? Sir, the whole’ scheme of co- ercion is impracticable. It is contrary to the genius and spirit of the constitution, Uf the federal government had the physical power it might overrun and suddue a State; it Might subjugate and take possession of it, and then, dy federal agents, administer the State government, and thus maintain a government and form a Union; but I submit to gentiemen that it would not be the af this constitution; tt would not be the inion of these coequal States; it would be the unity of & consolidated empire. * * * Gentiemen @ay that they will not make war; they say that they do not intend to coe! @ State; but that they wil! enforce the law. ae ropose to wend the army and navy and militia of the United States—and my colleague from Cincinnati (Mr. SS = speech yesterday advised to call for to enforce the law. They propose, with all this Power, to invade a State—a State which they Know has repudiated our authority and denied our ‘& State which, by the very exigency of which it has assumed by secession, is i i it; which has declared it will resist; Now, when these i 4 .4 5 He i 3 Z ar? * * * Sir, the ur laws within a seceding State, in its will, is co@rcion of that State; by armed force is war. * * to-day 6 for conciliation, my voice ts for ®, aud it is but the echo of the voice of it. 1 bes you, gentiemen, who with the Northwest—yon who with me rep- of Ohio—-you who with me represent innati—I beg you, gentlemen, to hear you will not; if you find concilation your differences are so great that you i not reconcile them, then, gentiemen, States depart in peace; let lish their government and empire, out their destiny according to the which God has given them. * * * over the imtervening agony of war, and end and conclusion at once. If George conciliated hia colonies how much wiser a Distory have prociaimed him! If, failing he had allowed the separation without | se o= ! Hb = ‘ll Hi rr oe i - into any treaty, alliance or confederation,” neither has the gcvernment of the United St either by the united act of its several co-ordinate ches or any one of constitutional pows change, alter or reconstruct any State, without ‘the consent of the of the State concerned.” Resolved, That neither Congress nor any other co-ordinate pone to preacribe or control the right of suffrage i 4 i E ‘iliated—there should be no wound inflicted my hand tobe healed. They should come and be welcome to the place they now occupy. * * * Gentlemen, to-day you must make your choice. To-day asiie all thoughts of war and cultivate the arts of jay de- termine upon @ course of conciliation and compromise, If you do not; if you insist upon drawing the sword and ip) ing it in your brother’s biood; if you insist upon this unnatural and unho! war, prepare to wage it to the last extremity, for Warn you that every wound which you infiict upon the Southern people, every defeat to which you sub- ject them, every de; lation you may have the wer to make them endure will rankle in their reasts until they wash out the last stain in your aa and mine, or, it may be, in that of our chil- Platform Proposed for the Democratic Con- vention. ‘The following platform has been proposed for the consideration of the National Democratic Conven- tion:— : We, the delegates, in Convention assembled, we. bee tiyrs } the national conservative democrat! party of the United States of America, in behalf of the people of the several sovereign States, do present as result ‘of our mature deliberation and sincere convictions the following resolutions as embracing the Veet goed which should be adhered to in con- ducting the government and sustaining and perpetu- ating the Union:— Resolved, That the Union was created by white Men to secure justice and insure domestic tran- esti? provide for the common defence, promote general welfare and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity. Resolved, That the government of the United States, as established by the constitution, consists of three cp-ordinate branches—the executive, legisla- tive and judicial—and that these divisions must be preserved separate and inviolate at all hazards, in order to maintain the integrity of the Union, and that any encroachment by either bg the powers of the other branches is subversive of the fundamental law of the land, and will not be countenanced nor submitted to by the le. Resolved, "That if To State bas the right ‘‘to enter branch of the governmant lias the any State, but that the qualifications of the.“‘elec- tors in each State” shall be prescribed and regulated by the ree of the several States. Mm |, That large qa armies and naval tend to create @ military aristocracy, repugnant to our institutions and liable to be exerted at any ttme to subvert the liberties of the people. Resolved, That the multiplication of civil offices to give Ewin to public servants is detrimental to good order, produces fraud and corruptio! CA pul Necessarily increases the expenditure of money. Resolved, That the strictest economy should con- trol in all government expenditures, and that re- trenchment and reform are absolutely necessary to secure the speedy liquidation of the public debt and the immediate reduction of the burdensome taxes that now 0} ed the poe Resolved, That the bonded public debt should be cancelled by the payment of all government bends with Unt States legal tender notes, which should be received in payment of all public dues, except duties on imports, afd that all sums, except coin, received by the Wd Rem over and above what is necessary to defray the expenses of the government pyr A each fiscal year sha be caacelled; and that the coin received by the government shall be equally apportioned semi-annually and distributed to the charge of the assistant treasurers in the sev- eral States, for the purpose of being sold for legal tender notes in sums of not more than $100 nor leas than $5 to any one person, at such rates for the value of coin as shall rule at the time of sale at such points, and that the legal tender notes so received for coin shall be immediately withdrawn from circulation and cancelled; provided that the amount of coin in the Treasury shall not at any time be reduced below the sum of $5,000,000. Chase the Only Man. To THE Eprror oF THE HeRALD:— After conversing with many people and delegates to the Democratic National Convention I have ar- rived at the conclusion that Mr. Chase is the only candidnte that can be elected over General Grant. Many of the delegates from the Southern States came here for Chase, believing that he was the strongest man. After a little examination of the field of operations they are drifting off to Pendle- ton, who is their first choice, Fey errs delegate I have conversed with from New York and some other States acknowledges Chase to be the strongest man provided he could nominated; bat they end the matter by the allegation he cannot be nomina- ted. Let me add that the bulk of the younger men are for Chase and victory. Second, the delegates of the South would take him had they found the North more united for Chase. Briefly, let it be said that Mr. Chase can carry all the democrats and would draw i from the republican party. I have found in the last month a considerable element of this party ready to Lg Chase, if he is nomina- ted. I assure you that you are right in saying that it is Chase or Grant. No other man can draw vote from the republicans. The election would be strictly partisan. The military States would for Grant, and enough of the Northern to give him the election. There is not a democrat that we can safely count on carrying the three great Central States of Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York; and hy I know that Chase can carry all three by over 5,000, I am a New York democrat, but I am for enccess with Chief Justice Chase rather than for defeat with a democrat par excellence. Chase and the Young Men. To THe Epiror or THR HeRaLp:— I wish to say ® Word or two in regard to the nomi- nation to be made for President by the Democratic Convention, not that I am vain enough to think any- thing one as humble as myself might say would affect the delegates one way or the other, but I think it a Question of great interest to all who hay the love of country at heart and who desire to peace and tranquillity reign Oyer our country once more. Among my acquaintances (young men who have voted once or twice) there seems to be a feeling almost unani- mous that Mr. Chase ig the man above all others guit- able for our next President. To be sure those of Who served in the admire Grant, as do many who were not in the ; but we think his services have been full; , and no matter how well he fills the omce of generai, fill the Presidential chair is quite a matter. As regards Mr. Chase, we deem him @ atutes- man second to none, and a6 a financier his abilit; is unquestionable. In view of these facts we thin! him ve all others pre- qualified for the position of Chief id he fail to re- ceivé the nomination there will be # smaller vote polled at the coming Presidential election than for years, as there are many who feel they cannot con- scientiously vote.for a man of the Pendleton stripe, more especially the soldiers, because there would be a ne inconsistency in their & man 10, While they were batting at the: ‘was revil- ing them at home; and voting for Grant is voting for the radical party, from which the country is begin- ning to cry ont, “Goed Lord, aeliver as.” Chase and the Republican Germans. Regarding it a high patriotic duty to give at this hour public utterance to the feeling and opinions of the large mase of German republicans throughout the Union, the firm conviction must be expressed that, dissatisfied with the course the republican lead- ers have pursued in affairs of State as well as the nation, it will in the goming contest cast a vote of hundreds of thousands against the votaries of ite tolerance, fanaticism, unjust taxation, reckless squanderig and military rule; in shert, against the bottomless corruption and cowardly despotism of the present ruling factio! Independent Garibaldi, always and everywhere favoring liberty, politcal, religious and social, the Germans have been battling and Oghting for servation of the Union and for abolition of » in the ranks of the republican party to the success fulend. Thus, @ good mission fuifilied, they have now another and by Do means emalier one to per- torous ex- a To THE EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— You occupy the position of a prominent journal of Wide and far-reaching influence. This involves re- sponsibility to the present and the future, which should make it the friend of trath, of purity and of Progress, As such it should be above entire control of partisan influences. The present times are his- toric. Principles are chrystallizing into political forms, The earthquake has had its time, The con- Vulsion is over, Wise and good men all over the land, and for that matter the world, are looking for the fruits, and with heart and soul demanding that they shall be the peaceable fruits which fow from truth and justice, and the inseparable purity that attends them. Past political issues are virtually laid in the tomb of The old democratic party, em- truth in its origin, has of late years f kind, Th Dllcatt party, ee sense of mankind. The repul the principles of the old democracy, carried them to a height never before attained. ‘The of The people are true to the instincts of purity, tolegrity and patriotiets port murity, in jotisih, su) ae ce they Believe to be true. will pak diato the false and selfish as soon as they discover them, for it don’t pay to be led or governed by such influences. The material of our nation is the best on God's earth. It should have the best material to mould and guide it and make and execute its laws. We justly look with jealousy and reservation on the bodies that assume to give us our Chief Magistrate. If either of these conventions gives superior evidence of purity, integrity and patriotic motive, it will har- monize the moral sense of the nation into its me port. If not, then the moral sense wi enter its indignant protest, and, retiring an arena in which it is not recog- from nized, will litt BP its own standard in a pure atmosphere, and let the conflicting passions wrangle on their lower level, until exhaustion wears them out. But it seems to me that bilities exist for doing better. We have men of exalted character, who have claims on the nation, to be considered true and pure, which they have not forfeited. Men ofripe statesmanship—of views which are nati on principles which are eternal. These are the and these the principles, which the present erher- gency of the nation and the world requires. The re- Re ican party has made a strong ticket in one sense. it is too low, however. It appeals to the love of power, and only aims at material success. The People of this great nation, with a voice like the gathering of many waters, demand a man who shail represent their want. They want and justice and pure draw the fermenting and up to his level, Our national politics need regenera- tion. The standard bearer must not be required to trail his standard in the mire; but with all the might of our mighty nation 1ust be urged to place it higher on the serene heights of eternal principle. If we have a prominent man in the nation, now before the ublic as & worthy prospective candidate for this Highest honor and most responsible service it is Chief Justice Chase. He has not yet met the approval of any scheming, selfish party. He, I ie ve, is the choice of the people, if their voice and wish can find expression in any recognized channel. If no party gives it expression, the leaven will work until, dis- regarding the trammels of oe people will rise in their majesty, and, like the strong man of old, burst asunder the cords that restrain them, and ers the pillars of the false system, shake and jumble it to ruins on the heads of the political char- latans who disregard their will. Judge Chase and Charles Francis Adams. To rus EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— I wish every member of the delegation to the Con- vention on the 4th inst. would reatize the great re- sponsibility resting on him, for there has not.doubt- Jess been during the present century a convention to nominate a President on which so much depends— for good orevil. If the right men are not put for- ward the chance will be lost, and the ship of State ‘will drift, under the present orazy crew, for the next four years at least, and how mu: tell, nor where she will a up. Articles of impeach- ment will be again he Tonger no one can hate! by Butler, Stevens & Co, The President will be tried and deposed before 1869, and the Supreme Court abolished’ or moulded to suit the wishes of the crew. We have had a foretaste al- ready of what will come. But let the right men be put forward—these are Salmon P. Chase for President and Charles Fran- cia Adams for Vice—and the ship will come out al ht yet. Impeachment and the im- peachers will hide themselves in the darkest re- cesses of the Capitol, The President will live out his term, the country will be saved and we will be a great people yet. It will not do to pinto the skirt of Chase any but the best man. McClellan was killed off in this way, and so much depends on the nomination to be made that I believe there are no names except Chase and Adams that will succeed, and if these are not brought forward before the people as the ple’s choice at this Convention, the cause Will be lost, the constitution valued as #0 much Waste paper, our liberties, our ali are lost. Tell them so. The Negre Vote as an Element of Demo- cratic Power. To THe EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— Your advocacy of the incorruptible statesman and just judge for the Presidency is echoed by thousand of hearts throughout the land which no other name could kindle, As a statesman, as a financier, as the trusted champion and expounder of the constitu- tion—that palladiam of our liberties—he stands to- day head and shoulders above all other aspirants for the nomination at the approaching Democratic Con- vention. Itis to be hoped that the people, by the spontaneous expression of their wishes in this re- spect, will make the duty of the Convention so ap- parent that it cannot do otherwise than accept the people’s choice, ‘There are two considerations which, at this Convention, should outweigh ail others. The first is to select a man whose nomination is equivalent to his election; the second consideration ts to secure the man best quatified in every respect for the office, Unfortunate- ly it is not always that these two requisites are found united in the choice of nominating conv Availability, the halo of military success, local jeal- ousies, or the compromise of contending factions, have too often eursed us with mediocre and incom- petent Presidents. No one can deny that the nomi- nation of Mr. Chase insures the overthrow of radical- ism and the election of an able and rienced statesman. But it is urged that Mr. Chase ig not a democrat, at least not orthodox, and it would be ‘osaly inconsistent for the democratic party to give jim the nomination as well as for him to accept it. The Chief Justice is a democrat, however, and in ear oun Avion! the democratic y. except on the question of negro suffrage: but it should be remembered that he heide the question of su as belonging to the States, and concerning which gress has no right to legislate. has not this question of negro suffrage much in- fiuence tn the councils of the democratic party? Are there not other principles involved in the approach- ing contest more important than the sut quea- tion? ruin Is it not more ftaportant that finan should be averted and the incubus of oppressive taxation removed from the industry of an enslaved people? Or that the ship of State should have an ex- perienced pilot, one who will be sure to sail it in ac- cordance with the chart prepared hy those able navi- gators the framers of the constitution? Let the South- ern States be restored to their normal condition, let the partisan legislation of an unscrupulous radical Con; be checked, and let those political machines, the Freedmen’s Bureau and army, be re- moved,and what have the democrats to fear from negro suffrage? We must acquiesce in the inevit- ble, and if we eannot spike the enemy's guns we should try and capture and turn as many as possible upon themselves. If it is true that the radicals have disfranchised the whites of th and enfran- chised the negro to sustai: per their Pi in power, is it not equally true that the demo- crats would cease to object to negro suffrage tf it should prove to be an element of greater strength to their party than to the radic: Is the boasted phil ropy of the one less sincere than the oppo- sition of the other because of unfitness of the negro to vote? The question of negro su will reg- ulate itself in time; the principal issue is the over- throw of the most corrupt and violent that ever cursed a free government. With Chi Chase as our standard bearer it can be done easily. The Good ef the Country Demands the Election of Chase, BALTIMORE, June 28, 1868. To THe Epitor OF THE HeRraLy:— The highest polittcal principle is that which pure Patriotism dictates for the good of # common country in the moment of its peril, and as this mo- ment is now upon us and our country, I ask what is to be done, or what does patriotism demand of us at this time for the preservation of our republican in- stitutions? The answer surely must be the restoration of our Union of States and the equal rights thereof under common constitution. Now, then, what are we to do in order to secure this boon? I say it can only be done by defeating } that the will of the people as expressed by ingress is paramount to all constitutions and to the Presideney, who will preserve to ne the form of government which our fathers bequeathed, The question now arises, how is this to be done? My auewer is this: select for hed candifate the man whom Providence has ee out, the man wou! whom no democrat otherwise have thought of, and who can beat Grant even in the Southern States, notwithstanding those States are brought into the Union for n6 other reason form—viz, to emphatic st | but him erin) give s Heels, emphatic ‘preset desta ut to vote for and ‘personal dent' of the Chicago Radical National Convention that is worth repeating:— Among the “loil’? delegates to the late Chicago Convention was a red hot one from Arkansas, be- recognit it was di ‘. rec ed the ardent ‘‘loil delegate” asa former notable guerilla bushwhacker whom Mr. Young had assisted in capturing in Arkansas during the sas The following conversation took place between em: ‘Mr. Youna—You are from Arkansas, I believe, * DELEGATE (pompously)—Yes, Gite am one of the loyal delegates to the National publican Con- vention, Young—I thought I knew you. Isaw you during the war. DELEGATE (alarmed)—Where? Youna—When I was in the Union army you were @ rebel prisoner of war; I helped to take you. The Trpostae advocate of ‘oil’ negro equality stood dumb with amazement for a moment, and then broke through the crowd like a quarter horse, for refuge among his radical confréres, where the test of loyalty is lip service and negro equality. we A Radical View of the Democratic Nominee. {From the Toledo (Ohio) ae (Nasby radical) June Chase has not a ghost of a chance for more than a mere complimentary vote, and we doubt if that will be accorded him. Johnson will receive the votes of some of the Southern States and will be withdrawn. Pendleton will doubtless lead uj the first ballot, but will drop off at every SP fancock we do not believe has any strength. If any known man is nominated it will be Seymour. The old lead- ers of the Deen ie ann nh been laying a very pretty game to secure for him the prize. at, it was announced last winter that he would not aceept the nomination under any im- stances. Immediately there was a troubling of the waters, Pendleton loomed up ber Seg and for a time it seemed that he would carry al! fore him. To kill him off the Chase movement was fh- augurated and Hendricks was put upon the track, and to increase the confusion a score of other can- didates were proposed. If Mr. Pendleton is slaughtered his friends will know exactly who did it. If Pendleton is thrown overboard by the East the West will retaliate by slaughtering Seymour. In this event the nominee will be a new man,one who has not been spoken of in eonnection with the office. The old Polk and Pierce game will be played over again, and the democracy will be forced to vote for @ man of whom they never heard. The Financial Question and the Presidency. [From the Louisville Journal, July 2. ‘The truth is that the financial issue is at this mo- ment the livest part of the constitutional issue— the part, we mean, which most directly and effect- ively touches the ple. In other words, it is mainly through the financial issue that the constitu- tional issue brought home to the “business and bosoms”? of the people. Nor is the reason far to seek. The constitutional issue 1s a question of law and of principle, which has been discussed until dis- cussion is ex! ited, and the importance of which, after all, is realized by only a few, whereas the finan- cial issue, though growing out of the constitutional issue and freely & ndent upon it, is a question of wel importance of which every a realizes; a mea ae a = less we peo} 100! ie constitutional issue eepugh the financial tissue, we shall not, w fear, get them to look to much poe They are look at constitutional quesi however grave, in the pure light of reason; and they will not do it now. ‘The fact no doubt is humiliating to human pride, but it is not on that account any the less stubborn. The. constitutional issue, rightly considered, is without dispute the underlying and overtopp! question, but, separated from the financial issue an¢ set up in itself, and lally if set up mutilated and hollow on the basis of reconstruction ag an accom- lished fact, it would be merely a lifeless abstrac- ion, that neither friend nor foe would heed; it would. awaken no feeling except possibly contempt. In short, the constitutfonal issue needs the vitalizing power of the financial issue; and, if it is not thus vitatized, it will be, for all the purposes of the ap- prosching campaign, a8 good or as bad as adead sane, Such at any Tate is our opinion. We respect- fully submit it to the Fourth of July Convention. It is our last word. Political Notes. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, speak- ing of the prominence of Senator Hendricks as a democratic candidate for the Presidency, gives the following description of his personal appearance and political antecedents:—‘Mr. Hendricks is a plain, heavily built, substantial looking man, showing his Scotch-Irish descent in appearance and habits as well asin mental characteristics; is smooth shaven, dark haired, with large head and high forehead. He is reported the best lawyer, next to Reverdy Johnson, on the democratic side of the Senate, and is a clear, forcible and pleasant speaker.”* A radical paper says Colfax has the handsomest eyes in Gongress. Butler's, however, are cock of the walk. Anumber of enthusiastic Tennessee ladies have declared their intention to be present at the Demo- cratic Convention. The expenses of the Mississippi Black Crook Con- vention, in which there are only seven Missiasip- pians, amount to $210,000, and there are ‘other large allowances yet to be made” for services of tts delec- table members. NORTH CAROLINA. Installation of a New State Government— Meeting of the General Aseembly—Complex- fon of the Senate and House—Independent Course of a Negro Senator—The Howard Amendment. RA BiGH, N. C., July 1, 1868, On Monday of the present week a despatch was received in this city from General Canby instructing Judge Pearson, the Chief Justice of the State Su- preme Court elect, to qualify at once before a United States Commissioner and immediately after to ad- minister the oath of ofMce preseribed by the new constitution to the associate justices. Under these orders the justices were yesterday sworn and duly installed in oMce. Following this proceeding in the formation of a new State government came this order:— HEADQUARTERS MILITARY Post OF RaLEion, RALEIGH, N. C., June 30, 1868, Governor W. W. HoLpEN, of the State of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.:— Sir—I have the honor to offically notify you that the following order has been issued to-day from the headquarters Second Military District, Charles- ton, S. C., that you may govern yourself accord- ingly:— GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 120. ext zation of lhe new State govern tne following’ apportiementa ade:—To be or of following appota are. made: or of orth Carolina, W.W, Holden, Governor elect, vice Jonathan Worth. alton ‘To be Lieutsount Governor of North Care: lina, Tod, R. Caldwell, Lieuten original vacancy, to tak ‘ottect July iy 1 ‘on tau soooten fot re offect Jul r C SeNeneral Asssiasly of the State 3¢ Worth Carctiune 1 am. sir, very respectful ‘our obedient servant, er! Ty geo. An WILLIAMS. Here is presented another novel feature in Con- gressional reconstruction. One Governor is removed and another appointed in his stead, notwithstanding that the latter has been elected by the “loyal” vote of the State. It was seen from this that even the radicals themselves are not fully confident of the complete restoration of the ‘rebel States,’ or why require the removal and appointment of Governors? A Supreme Court, that has been venerated and re- spected by the entire people of the State, and a gov- ernment that was the choice of the intelligence and refinement of the are to-day ruthlessly lace to a mongrel crew turned out of office to ive pine elected by an ty race, under the con- tzol of det ‘whites, foreigners to the State, Pursuant to ® proclamation of Governor W. W, ing the war ene of the most cruel and uncompromising of rebelse—the mongrel Legisiature met in the capitol at twelve M. to-day. Both branches Prema an appear- ice =similar to that of the Convention, so Pequentiy described, although the portion of ne- er whites was not so great, there — only ree in the Senate and tweive in the House of Rep- resentat as it is now called—formerly it was t louse of mons. Previous to the meeting of is by to of law makers the new Chief Jus- tice, Mr. in, led by Governor Ho!den, pad La el = Tyas ten a a an: hens, repaired © hall of the House, where the oath of oMfice was administered to the Chief Justice by Mr. John T. Dew United States Commissioner, and in turn the was adminis- and determined purpose and endeavor to repair the ages of the last seven eventful years, Let us by acts of Kindness and lation cultivate a feeling of true hip and brotherly love among our rly people, who have go recently been so unnaturally est and let the victors in the late conflict conse the gratitude and admiration of the van- Ft ed by an exhibition of charity, that noblest of hristian virtues, and by forgiveness to all who by “good works’ show that they have repented of their errors and are resolved in future to devote them- fa ifas ee al their energy ie talents to ome Dale up waste places of our once happy an At the conclusion of the President’s remarks the oath was administered to a majority of the Senators, but the credentials of all the conservatives who were disabled Py, the Howard amendment were laid on the table, Unjust ruling gave rise to quite a spirited scene, in which Mr. ner, of Orange, was the principal actor. When this gentleman presented his credentials the President asked him if he was banned Ne the Howard amendment. Mr. Turner re- plied that that depended upon what law they were organizing under. If they were acting under the constitution of the State, neither the Howard nor any other amendment jualified him; if they were organizing under the acts of Congress, andithis was a provisional government, then he was required to take the test oath and so were all the Senators. No one there had a right to question his title to his seat when he presented the certificate of General Canby. His credentials were laid on the tabie, but a few minutes subseqosud Mr. Turner rose and moved that the Senator from the Fourteenth district be called to qualify, as he had not answered to his name. The President called him to order and cuitiy in- fermed the Orangeman that he had no rights there that the Senate was bound to respect. Mr. Turner ged pardon, remarking that he thought one Senator had the same rights as another. After some further “sparring” between the Presi- dent and the unre ed Senator, by unanimous consent he was allowed to speak, when he requested one of the Senators who was seated in front of him to move that all Senators presenting certificates be allowed to qualify. He said he could submit to the despotism of mil- bee! power, because there was no help for it, but he could not, he would not submit in silence to the despotism of civilians professing to act under the constitution and the laws. The Senator to whom he appealed, however, re- mained:silent, when, to the surprise of,all a negro Senator named A. H. Galloway came to the rescue and said he could see no reason or authority for one Senator to question the certificate of another. The right of one to qualify was quite as good as another until the Howard amendment became the law of the land. He held that no test oath could be required now, and he was not willing, nor did he think he had rat ee to corte oaths of others that were not re- quired of all, This fell like a bombshell in the camp of the carpet-baggers, and the Senate adjourned without taking any further action. ‘The House of Representatives was organized un- der the supervision of Justice Reade, who announced that none who were disqualified by the Howard amendment not yet a law) could take their seats. ‘The roll was then called, and ninety-nine members were found “worthy and well qualified,” though they were not all “Tree born and under the tongue of good report.” The presiding officer then an- nounced that the House was ready to proceed to the election of a S| er. Joseph W. Holden, “a chip of the old block’ and __ reporter of the Standard, was elected by the rad- icals over Mr.| Plato Durham, conservative, by @ vote of 74 to 24, which shows the relative strength of the two parties. When he took the chair the youthful er made a very flowery address, which was much too rhetorical to be sincere. He Pperorated in the following florid style:—‘But the end of all your labors and the sum of all your efforts is the American Union. Twice has restoration failed, but with more liberal laws and greater freedom our North Carolina is now returning to her place at the family board. Like a wanderer, she comes back and oe! for the love of former days. The mother will her up and ‘smooth from her forehead the fur- rows of care,’ for she who was lost is found, who was dead is alive again. This is the land the home of our affec- tions. But still petty State limits confine our patriotism or curb our energies. As and vast as Amertoan soll are our future hopes, As bigh as her mountains are our saptrations. AS swift as the hill torrent are the feet of her sons, and as terrible as the winds is the wrath of her children. Mighty nation, may North Oerotina be the brightest in thy constellation and the loveliest of thy train.” The youthful Holden Aageontn Bginrnncn been the Fourth of July. It must not be supposed that this was an extemporaneous effort. He had pene, of time for preparation, as his election to the Speaker- ship nad made sure some twelvé hours previ- ously by King Caucus. A white man, Mr. John H. Boner, was then elected Chief Clerk over Seaton Gales, editor of the Sentinel. And _ now the radicals had an opportunity to show the sincerity of their professions of love for the ogre. Mr. Candler (white), of Buntombe, and O’ Hara (negro), of Wayne, were placed in nomination for assistant or reading clerk, and although the negroes w the election of O'Hara as an act of justice to their race the white man from Buncombe Was chosen. This is suficient in itself to show the negroes all their Professions of regard for them is mere “‘ buncombe.” The House was now organized and a committee was appointed to inform the Governor of the fact, and that they were ready to receive any communi- cation he might have to make to the body. An adjournment then took place till the afternoon, when the House again met, but no business was transacted. To-morrow the first business in order will be the adoption of the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States, which will go through without difficulty, and then the Senators and Representatives will be admitted to Cot and, in the language of Justice Reade to-day, “North Carolina will be at home again.” About twelve o'clock Governor Holden repaired to the Executive Mansion, and was bas received by the venerable and worthy Governor Worth, who retired very efully and left the new incumbent in yn, although, as a matter of form and for ture action, he filed a protest against the whole Proceedings. CRICKET. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. The Sport in England. Lonpon, June 20, 1868, From accounts which have reached us from New York, the cricket season there seems to have been almost entirely eclipsed by the American national game of base ball; but the English cannot under- stand that there is any other game which can com- pare with cricket, and their devotion to that good old form of aport is upon the increase rather than the decline. Lord's ground—always called Lord’s bya popular abbreviation—ts the home of cricket in London, It is located in St. John’s Wood amid hosts of pretty villas, and is surrounded by some of the most picturesque scenery of this suburb, which is to London what Harlem ought to be to New York. Lord's has been a cricket- e lebone Cricket Club—the largest and per’ the best cricket club in the world. gS There are many good matches at Lord's during the season—the eons being engaged for nearly every day—but she two most popular are those between the Oxford and Cambi ‘niversity clubs, which is 2 eee jonday next, that be- tween the Eton and Harrow schools, which will be played m July. Then thousands of sj tors are present; carriages are drawn on ground the ‘and almost ail Marylebone eleven, and these cont have just been concluded. The lebone put in a bf strong eleven the on Mon- lay last; but the University team were almost equally strong and the first in were equal, Butat the second innings Marylebone surrounded the Cambridge boys and won easily, with seven wickets to spare. "ine Oxford eleven shared the same Pn reputation. ther afraid of the balls, however, and dodges comically. ‘There is an immense amount of betting upon the University match next Monday. Perhaps (Ge event ae it Ber ‘Stents ‘ll aie enros eof 4 by Staten, Harvard bas pted to produces as great a popular excitement as the boa Tace between the cane ‘universities, but it is quite as interesting to university men. Thirty-three annual matches have been played, of which Oxford has won sixteen, Cat fifteen and two have been drawn. It is almost a inty that Cambridge will win the nt game, and so make a tie. In the United tates one can scarcely conceive of the feeling with which ool men these matches. It would it themselves sent to college to and cricket instead of Latin and Greek. Sports and owes be sinletic meen, and the next gene m of Americans w' show the beneficial results of the base ball furor. YACHTING. FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT, ‘The Seasen in England. : Lonpon, June 17, 1868. | ‘The schooner match of the New Thames Y; Club, being the frst of the series of important ing fixtures appointed for the present week, wad sailed on Monday last from Gravesend to the Mous¢ Light and back, the prize being a handsome piec¢ of plate, value £100. The following yachts compet ted:— TMs A: 0. Wileisons Time allowed, fifteen seconds per ton. : The start toox place at half-past eleven A. M.,: about two hours, ebb, with a nice topsail breeze frons the northwest, The Gloriana was the smartest iam getting round, and at once took the lead, followed by the Egeria, the Cambria being somewhat slow im canting. All three set squaresailm square topsail# and balloon jibs, it being a dead run before the win® down the reach. Shortly after the start, however,! the wind began to die away, and though it oc casionally freshened in the lower reaches,! blew for the most part in fitful puffs, which were utterly inadequate to test the Weatherly qualities of such large craft. Off the Lob« ster the Gloriana jibed,’ and catching a nice little start of wind, walked right away from the Cambria and Egeria, who were nearly abreast of each other, and almost becalmed. Entering the Lower Hope’ the breeze freshened avd the Cambria ran past the Egeria—the Gloriana being at this time fully half # mile ahead of the othertwo, Just before the come mencement of seareach the Egeria carried away the leeward arm of the square sail yard, and fell stilb farther away, keeping on the porttack, the others jibing on entering sea reach and running down om the starboard tack. Off the Chapman Light the Gloriana was nearly a mile ahead of the Cambria—» the latter leading the Egeria by nearly the same dis- tance. Here the Egerla got down her squaresail and square topsall, and set a “spinniker,” and the Gloriana jibing on the port tack took in her foresald and forestaysail. The Cambria also jibed on the same tack just below the Chapman. Below Southend the wind shifted a trife more toward the west, and the Gloriana again set her foresail and forestaysall. Of Shoeburyness the leading vessel sgifted her balloon jib and made snug for rounding, the others follow-! ing her example. They hauled round the Mouse Light in the followingt order and time:. es LM. S. A. 2 37 — Egeria.,......2 47 3% 42 — low water as they rounded, and all) three, after hauling on the wind at the Mouse, stood on the port tack until they reached the edge of the Maplin Sands, where they went about; but the @lori-, ana, having the best of the early flood, was by this time still further ahead of her two opponents, who did not appear to stand the remotest ehance of sav- ing their time. As they worked up by short for the Nore, however, both the Cambria and Egerial began to draw upon the leading vessel, and off the i itship the Gloriana was not more than a third a mile ahead of the Cambria. Between the Nore and Southend a most interesting race ensued, t! Cambria gradually icking up the Gloriana. Just bes fore reaching Southend the Egeria tacked and at- tempted to go to windward of the Cambria, but on coming about on the port tack the latter held her own, | and catching a smart puff of wind passed to wind-) ward of the Gloriana—the Egeria following suit at the next board. Nearing the Chapman thi Egeria forereached the Cambria, and as the two went about came out to the wi of her, the breeze at this critical moment dyin, away to nothing and leaving the two |: ol completely Decatmned. Between the Nineking light an Gravesend it was mere drifting, but the favored by an occasional catspaw of wind, i to make headway a trifle faster than the tide, though’ at times she had scar a way left her, and nally, after a most tedious delay, weathered the flag buoy at thirty-eight minutes past ts. - The other two were fully a mile astern, comp! be+ catmed, and drifted into Gravesend about aD ae ldter. resterday (Tuesday, June 16,) the members of the Royal London Club offered a handsome silver cup,’ set a bay) $ ve sailed ig by. Te =a one yaw! jongin; royal, yacht ol Gravesend to fhe use Light and The follow- five craft competed: — vacht, Rig. Tons. “Owner. but ‘ne fgeria, was the first to fet fairly under way. to some extraordinary blunder, the Julie het anchor at the right moment, and the im canting, swung foul of her, where the former was considerably hampered in her manceuvres, and accordingly hoisted a protest flag. The being the smallest of the fleet, soon had alt her canvas set, and at once went a’ to windward down Gravesend reach at an amanlng enced, She: was fullowed by the Egeria, Glorfana, Julia, in the order named upwards of a quarter of a mite se) ting the first three on reaching the Lower Hope. The whole fleet had set working lower canvas, the schooners sending up working and foretop- sails, and the yawls working fot Between Thames Haven and Southend the favored, by the wind, showed her fine saill qualities to marked advantage, drawing upon the Gloriana with’ great rapidity and fairly weathering her half a mile above the Nore. ‘At this Point, however, the flood began to make, and it being obviously im, ‘ ble for the yachts to complete course nally’ contemplated before dark, the ae steam~ boat came to anchor, and signalled the yachts to Tomne’ yachts pessed the flag buoy in the followi ‘he yachts passed the flag buoy in the following time and order:— Yachts. HM &. Yachts. H. M, &. a 35 Astarte.... Glortan: 1 30 Julia... Cambria. On cal 1g the time allowance (fifteen seconds per ton, yawls having a quarter of their tonnage added to their club measurement) it was found thag the Egeria had saved her time on the Astarte, and she then became entitled to the prize. Her owner, Mr. Mulholland, was warmly congratulated on double victory, which will go far to compensate him for the persistent run of luck he experienced with the Egeria last year. ‘The Yacht Queen and a second prize of but will not be the mail. : great event of the week, the Royal Thames ub match’ for the cup presented by the takes place to- decided until afte va r the departure 0! The Henley Regatta in England. LONDON, June 17, 1868. The following enormous list of entries has been received for the great Henley Regatta, which takes Place on the 25th and 26th inst,:— GRAND CHALLENGE Cur—(Eight oars)—Eton, Eton Boat Olub; Oxford, University College; Kings- ton, tap Rowing ‘Club; Cambridge, Black Prince; bridge, Granta Boat Club; London, Lon- don arn Club. Lapins’ CHALLENGE PLATE—(Eight oars)—*Eton, oo yd a ee Logg ed Rg od 0; niversity College; lex, Radley College ei Bint )Oxford, Pema NEW CHALLENGE CUP. oars)—Oxford, broke College; Radley, Radley College Boat’ lub, London, London Rowlie club. awe | STEWARDS’ CHALLENGER Cur—(Four be, al a ars Sa la gets we ford, Univ $ Club; Cambridge, Black Prince; Cambridge, Grants Boat Club; London, London Rowing Club. Ma ond rn J Cg oo SP -outere, Rrasen: j,*Oxford, University College; Cambridge, Black Prince. . 7 ‘YFOLD CHALLENGE Cur—(Four oars)—Chatham, Royal Engineems; Twickenham, Twickenham Rowing in, The Oseillators; ane ecal King- Club; Cambridge, Black Prince; Cam- bridge, Granta Boat Club; Loudon, London Ho ib. peste Sorat, Cai a kee lub; qu Henley kowing Club; *Eton, Exceiee oe jul SILVER Gost. Pair oars)—Burton-on-' ¥. iB. Woutente amie tang aia i ehbchy One (| Is jon, and W, Stout; L. P. Muichead and E. ; Twickenham, We it rorth and G. Minster. wi a'®. AM \LLRNGE ‘LL, —| “4 Faller and. J. Maude; 0 ford, W. B, —— Yat ‘*W. C. Crot E.D. and F. {,Cambrigge, E..J. Wi and L. P, ‘Mui ; W. Stout and G. . qreneionnes is by Aso i and haf as ever estabil nt. We linderstand mat’ Pembroke , Oxford, will row in a new built on the American principle—<. @, without any coxawain’s thwart, and steered by of or Wires running from the radder and attac the feet of one of the oarsmen, The performance of the novel craft—should it not be objected to, which in all probabilfty will be the case—will be watched with great interest, as, since the recent correspond- ence between the boat clubs of Oxford and Harvard Universities on the subject of th i tional eight-oared match, has taken place in English peg a NS to the merits of a boat built on this plan, it will be remembered that a Canadian crew rowed ina four- oared boat of this description at the Paris regatta last year and carried off & prizo sesinet several crack English crews Holders.