The Sauk Centre Herald (Sauk Centre, Minnesota), 1868-05-14

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VOLUME I.
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1868.
NUMBER 49.
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Sauk Centre Cards.
IS. H.  BIINER,
Attorney    and    Counselor   al Law, Notary
Public and Conveyancer,
Will attend to any business pertaining to a
general Law Practice, make Collections and
promptly remit proceeds. Draft Conveyances
and Contracts, Enter Government Lands
with Cash or Warrants, make Pre-Emption
Claims and Attend to Contested Land Cases.
) Office over the Post Office, Sauk Centre,
Minnesota.
LAND   OFFICE
AND
Real   Estate Agency.
YaiiHoesen & Mitchell,
ALEXANDRIA, i^QU^-LAS- ^OvMINN'A.
Buy ahd Sell Real Estate'oh Commission,*4
Pay Taxes for Non-Rasidpnts-, Select and Locate Government Lands for others, with
CASH, SCRIP'" AND. WARRANTS,
Homestead and. Pre-Emption Papers made
out. -
F. B. Van Hobsen,   '      Jas. S. MUchem.,.
Att'y atLaw. . 41mfl' -
St. Cloud Cards.
R. A. .PELHAM,
Surgeon.   Dentist,
Permanently located in   St.   Cloud.
Broker's Block.
Office
EcVwavdl' O.  Iituiilin
—HAS RESUMED—
The Practice of Law
IN ST. CLOUD, MINN.
Special attention given   to proceedings In
Bankruptcy in United' States Courts.     .,
Office in Alden's brick building, up stairs
Oct. 1,1867.' octl0-6m
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From the Home Journal.
THE'LAST fARTING.
(body to soul.)
BY BOTH JST, CEOMWKLli.
V^HAS. WALKER,
Dealer in Real Estate,
Buying and Selling Land on Commission.
AGENT FOR THE JETNA FIRE iNS. CO.
■m- Office over the Post Office, with N. H.
Miner. mar26tf
R^R jt. PALMER,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
And Examining Surgeon for Pensions,
#B~ Residence near the Mill, Sauk Centre. "S
H. MINER,
Insurance Agent,
Sauk" Centre,        -        - '       Minnesota. ■
Represents the soundest and most reliable
Fire, Life and Accident Insurance Companies of .'the Eastern and Western
■       States.   Office over the Post Office.
if. L. GORDON.
Gordon.
Attorneys
St.
■0. W. COLLINS.
& Collins,
at   Law
Cloud, Stearns Co"©ity, Minnesota
ASP4 Particular attention given to business
n adj dining counties.
ILLIAM J. PARSONS,
A TTORNEY A T- LA W,
Saint Germaine street, over Burbank Bros.,
' St. Cloud, Minnesota.
K W ST. CLOUD
W. J. WHITpIELD,
House, Sign, and Carriage
Graining, Glazing, Paper Hanging, &c, done;
.;   with neatness and on reasonable.terms/-
Workwarranted equal m quality-tothat
agreed upon or no charges made. «S-P»W«
giiop over Bedell &Hinman's Carriage Shop.
WEST   &-T11UMAN,
Builders and Contractors,
P   Office over E. E. West's Wagon SKdp.
SAUK CENTRE, MINN.
Having had over 20 years experience as
Practical Builders, we feel confident of giv-
'ing satisfaction. WEST* TRUMAN.
Sauk Centre, April 15,1868.
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J
OHN CHRISTGAU,
GENERAL   BANKING   AND   EXCHANGE  BUSINESS   TRANS-
. ACTED,
Gold and Silver,
Land Warrants, College Scrip and Foreign
Exchange bought and sold. Particular Attention "given to COLLECTIONS, and Proceeds Promptly Remitted;
Office open from 9 to 12 A. M., and 1 to 5
p. Jlv      -S"?
St. Germaine Street, St. Cloud, Minn.
J. G. SMITH: Cashier.
St. Cloud Jan. 30.1868.*	
RUDOLPH   SHffiNEMANN,
WATCHMAKER,
St. Germaine Street,
ST. CLOUD,       -       -      -     MINN.
A   GOOD assortment Of Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry, Silver ahd Slated ware always
on had.   Galvanizing done. Repairing neatly done and warranted for one year.           iy
Alarge lot of Spectacles for sale.	
/■"MTY RESTAURANT.
JOSEPH GGYETTE, Proprietor,
Washington Avenue,,  St. Cloud, Minnesota.
A ladies' and gentlemen's Ice Cream Saloon has been fitted up in-first .class style on
the second floor. Ice cold.Lemonade,and
Soda Water flavored with all kinds;ofsyrups.
Fresh and Canned 'Fruits, Confectionery,
and Nuts of all kinds.
Hot Meals, Lunch, Coffee, Tea and Pastry
furnished to order.
Farewell, old comrade, fare thee well!
Time toils the bell; the parting knell
Strikes on my ear; old mend, old friend,
Oijr journey's o'er—here lies the end.
In the same temple we have dwelt,
At the same altars we have knelt;
Life's hopes and tears, Its Smiles and tears, ,,
We've snared them, friend, for sixty years,
Twin brothers of one mortal life,
One sprang from Heaven and one from earth.
While dreams have fled and hopes have paled
Ours is a love that hath not failed.
'Tis true that I, bound to life's track,
Have kept thy soaring pinions, back-
But for these feet which kept not pace
Thou mlght'st have run a swifter race.
And yet, old friend, I've served thee well I
This faded form wherein did dwell
Beauty and power and strength and skill,
For sixty years Hath wrought thy will.
Thesceyes once lit with "fire divine,
This peerless brow,.these lips are mine—
These faded lips, wnich love hath press'd,
These hands fast entering Into rest.
The tuneful tongue that gave thee speech,
The sculptured ear through which could reach
Those loving rones that to the end
Have blest thy life, are mine, old friend.
I was the first, the loved of all:
Oh me the last sad tears shall fall;
Yet what am I, with that last breath
Which gives thee life and brings me death?
Above jny head the grass shall grow,
The bright birds sing, the soft winds blow;
The wild wood flowers shall veil my brow—
I go to dearth!' -where goest thou ?
Ah I dost thou see the glorious hand.
The aureate gates, the promised land?
Whatstream, what bowers, whatjoys appear?
Speak quick, oh faiejid, for death is here I
Too late! too late I my task Is done!
Deaf; dumb and blind, my race is run;
This parting pang what tongue may tell?
Farewell, olcUcomrade, fare thee well I
pi-fttttattg.
THE OLD  RED SLEIGH.
She said nothing, and I kissed her.
Our wedding was a quiet one, and our
lives have been quietly happy from that
day to the present hour.
THE TURN OF LIFE.
Between the ages of forty and sixty,
a man who has properly regulated himself, may he considered in the prime of
life. His matured strength of constitution renders him almost impervious
to the attack of disease, and experience
has given soundness to his. judgment.
His mind is resolute, firm and equal;
all his functions are in the highest
order; he; assumes mastery over business ; builds up a competence on the
foundation he has formed in early manhood, and passes through a period of
life attended by many gratifications.
Having gone a year or two past sixty,
he arrives at a stand still. But athwart
this viaduct, called the turn of life,
which, if crossed in safety, leads to the
valley;of old age, around which the
river winds, and then beyond without
a boat or causeway to effect its passage.
The bridge is, however, constructed of
fragile materials, and depeifds upon
how it is trodden whether it bend or
break. Gout and apoplexy are also in
the vicinity to waylay the traveler, and
thrust him from the pass - but let him
gird up his loins and provide himself
with a fitter stall^ and he may trudge
in safety with perfect composure. To
quit metaphor, " The turn of life" is a
turn either into a prolonged walk, or
into the grave. The system and powers have reached their utmost expansion, they now begin -either to elose
like flowers at sunset or break down at
once.. One injudicious stimulant, a
single fatal excitement, may force it
beyond its strength, whilst a careful
supply of the props, and the withdrawal of all that tends to force a plant, will
sustain it in beauty and vigor until
mother I night has entirely set in.—2 he Science
Boot «§£  Shoe Maker,
Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minn.,
A complete stock of Boots and Shoes kept
constantly on hand, and made to order on
short, notloe.   Good fits warranted.
promptly done,: at
prl
sale.
Repairtaj.jg^-rshoenTake?s Tools
reasonable
for
C. L. ORCUTT.
HOUSE,    SIGN,    AND    CARRIAGE
PAINTER,
Paper Hanger Grainer and Glazier
Shop over E. E. West's Wagon Shop,
. ' SAUK CENTRE,      -       •"    -      MINN.'
All, work done promptly and in the neatest
•manner. ■ " ■	
fftt CENTRE HOUSE,
(General Stage Office,)
SAUK CENTRE,       -      -      jpNN
E. P. BAK.WTJM, Proprietor,
Has been thoroughly refitted and furnished
throughout, under its fe^ff^eme^
'  The comfort of guests will at all times oe
made to?special?are oLthe proprieto^ and
^ce^e^t^llngatt^hed^^rem-
LAVENIE M'CULLY & SISTER,
and Dress Makers.
STAMPING,' HAIR SWITCHERS Ac.
"' With a good assortment of
Millinery Goods,
Ladies' Cloths, Gloves.
&c,      &c,      &c.      &c.
All of the VERY LATEST STYLES.
Satisfaction guaranteed- in every particnlar.
P. F.
FERGUSON,
Watchmaker
AND
AMERICAN HOUSE,
Corner 2d and 6th"Streets,
SAUK CENTRE,    -   -   -   -    MINN.
Tbls is a new, large and commodious build-
ine fitted up in the best style with all the
nllessarv conveniences for the comfort of
necessary  u^'       . ■       -th warm and com-
r°Traveeiers wllffind at the American, Hcrfse
the best-of accommodations for both man
and t>east.vlD FRANKHAXjSE, Proprietor.
SAUK  CENTRE, MINN.
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry carefully re
paired and warranted.
-8®- Ali work from a distance promptly at
tended to and safely returned.
E
DWARD DREBLOW,
Oat>inet Mialcer,
Fire& Marine
INSURANCE CO.,
ST. PAUL, MINN.
Main street, near the Presbyterian Church,
Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Keens constantly on hand a complete stock
of Furniture, Cofiins, &o.
All orders will receive prompt attention.
OILLIARD SALOON,
A. DE GROAT, Proprietor.
4   Third street,,Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
' Has flrst class Phelan & Collender Billiard
Tables.
■-,-? 'Choice Wines,"*-liquors,
Cigars.
Ale, Porter and
3.
CHAMBERLIN,
■■■ '.'GrUNSMITH,
Assets oyer:      $530,000.
I Insures Buildings, Merchandise and other
Property, against Loss or Da-hiage by FIRE,
.at Rates-as' low • &s.. ©t&er- first class BtO«Sk
I Companies. ■ " **> ™
Particular attention given to tomrance of
Farm Property,   isolated Dwellings
and tnelr Furniture,
FOR ONEVf E-BEE O-RJFiVe YEAR.
Also Inland Navigation Risks on Cargoes or
'■Freight.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
J. C. Burbank,
John L. Merriam,,
W. W. Eastman,
John S. Prince,
Horace Thompson
Wm. Lee,   ,
John Nichols,
Shop on 2d Street; near the American House
SAUK CENTRE;
Guns Pistols, Ae., Repaired on short notice.
Parties In this upper country will find It to
their advantage to get their work done at
home, and thereby save the extra expense of
sending to St. Cloud. Terms reasonable and
satlslaotion warranted. aprle
Theo, Borup,
Peter Berkey
W. F. Davidson,
W. P.Murray,
Geo. L. Farwell,
E. F. Drake.
J. C. BURBANK, Pres't.
JOHN NICOLS, Vice Pres't.
S. S. EATON, Sec'y.
\V. A. "WELLft. GeA'l Agent. |
N. H. MINER, Loeal Ag't.
SAUK CENTRE, MINN
After mother had gone to -bed, I went
up stairs and brought down my writing
desk. There were some sheets of paper
and some delicate envelopes, which had
been there for uioiiths" stored Within,
and a silver pen and pen-Handle, which
had been a birthday present in my
school days.
TTtook them out, and the ink-bottle,
also,   the ink was thick, for we did not
write much either of us—and I bro't
the vinegar-cruet from the closet and
thinned it to my/ liking. Then I sat
down and looked at the paper. Then
I .went to the stairs and listened to see
that mother was not coming. Then I
I actually seated myself, squared my elbows, and began to write. And this is
what 1 wrote:.
" Dear Miss Harrow-: I am a coward." Not, I hope, in one sense, but certainly as regards you. For a year I have
loved you. Yet, I no more would have
dared to" say so than I would had you
been a.queen. Perhaps because I do
not "cherish a hope that you like me.
To-morrow you and I pill ride together. To-morrow I had made, up my
mind to try my fate, but I know-1 shall
not dare, to speak, so I write. I-Tfpl.
give you this letter to read at home. "If
the answer be 'No',' ii will be easier for
both of us. ' Will you try and think
enough of me to be my wife one day?
I love you better than I do my life,
and I will do all man can to make life
happy for you. With a little hope, I can
make my way in the world- as other
men do. I am young and strong, and
not utterly ignorant. If I am to have
that hope, give me some sign—give a
line, your name only, -anything to show
me what you mean. If 1 am to he miserable—well, then make no answer. Si-:
lence shall jneap-.."&•***." J could not
bear to see you or speak to you after
that.
This is an awkward love letter, no
doubt. I am not used to writing letters
of any kind of late. I never wrote or
said a word of Jove to any one before.
That must be its ■ excuse. But were it
ever so elegant it could not mean more.
For I offer all the love in my heart—
the only love I ever felt, or shall ever
know. Admon Craig.
I sealed this note in the daintiest envelope I possessed, and wrote Hepsey
Harrow's name .on the back, and hid it
in the desk from mother's eyes—sharp
eyes that looked after me anxiously as I
drove away with old Bobbin and the little red sleigh the following evening.
She Was ready for me. My mother's
hint was in my mind, and I looked at
her dress. All I discovered was that it
was blue- butherfurscwere good, I could
judge of furs.
"She must marry a rich man, or one
on his way ijrealthward," I said., "She
'Shall, too. I've more to start with'than
Washington had." And I tucked her
into the sleigh and drove off to the
meeting.
It was a pleasant drive, and a njerrj*4-
dance aad supper-, but as the time went
on I felt glad that I had written the letter ; for I could not have said what
it said for. £&►.-* -it -was at the ias\
moment when we were driving homeward that I mustered up courage to
ask her for the little reticule she carried as the oifeer girls did, with a brush
and some flowers in it, I think, for they
had to touch up the curls and braids after the windy ride;'before the dance.
"Why do.yoiu wantit?" she asked. ,
"ToN put something in it, which you
must not look at till you reach home,"
I said.
"You arouse my curiosity," she ans-
j wered, "I shall look the instant I have a
I lamp."
As she spoke I had dropped in the
letter and snapped the clasp:
- 'Not ar-word more could I speak. But
at the d'opr I tried, for the first,a time, to
kiss her. Her lips eluded mine, and-I
dared not repeat the attempt.
I took the red sleigh home4 and waited, waited hopefully, as 1' knew'afterwards, for an answer. None,came—a I
day, a we^k, a month. The**. :#1J the
hope was over. I had seen her. She
had given me a little cold, smileless
bow.   I was rejected.
"Mother,"  I '..said, that  night,   "we
must have some one to farni the place.
I'm going to some city."    i*^
'-Why-?.'-': she said.
"To make my fortune," I said.
" Eor that girl—the school ma'am ? "
asked my mother, bitterly.
" No," I said, "never for her."
Mother, knelt dpwn beside me as I
sat on a low stool.   She pUt her hands
on my shoulder and looked in my face.
"She didn't dare refuse you?"  she
said.   " Boy, I know youare"in trouble.
I'm your mother.    Tell me."
"She did not accept me," I said.
"The naughty mink I" said my mother.    "I—."   Then she burst into tears.
' " And that's to part us?" she said.
" Not if you'll go with me," I answered.
But she would pot leave her home,
and I went alone. In the frosty morning, as-'? turned to look back at the little village, from the top of the old stage,
I saw the.little children filing in at the
school house door, apd caught a glimpse
of Hepseyls dress beyond—only a fold
of her dress, but I knew it." The school
bell was ringing- but it did not say,
"turn again" tome, as it should have
done,, had I beep such a prophet as
Whittihgton.
I made my fortune.- T had a cousin
in New York who was deep in the mysteries of Wall street. He helped me; so
did luck or fate.. .In five years I was a
moderately ri«2i "man. My mother
wanted nothing but my presence. She qf Life by a Ph
would not come tq»me, but urged me to
return to her.
At "first my heart was too weak to be
trusted among those old familiar scenes.
To have met Hepsey wonld have been
too much to bear. But Time helps us
all.; .At the end of five years I wrote to
my mother:
"JI am coming home again, since you
will not live here with me. Expect me
to-morrow;'
And on the morrow I went. My
mother had not altered much. But-I
had grown a long, light beard, and was
a youth no longer—a fact which _ troubled her. There were changes in the
place, too. : Girls were '.^married—old
people dead. The tallest, handsomest
man I remembered, had met with an
accident and crawled about a wretched
cripple. The church was rebuilt, and
the huts in the hollow had been burnt.
A factory - had - risen, and the factory
people's houses'Vere about it. Instead
of the did frame school house was a
brick building with many windows and
a cupalo.
Who was the teacher? Was she
there—Hepsey Harrow ? I dared not
5lsk.
Idly. I sauntered about the house,
painted and refurnished now; and idly,
in the evening of my. second day at
home, I went out to the shed where the
Jittle red sleigh stood—the shabby old
thing, with a green patch on the cushion.
■ "It ain't been touched since you left,
Almon," said my mother. '-'Poor old
Dobbin! ' I felt as if I'd lost a friend
when he died. Remember my patehin'
the cushion?
She -lifted it as she spoke. From behind dropped something: What! Of
-leather, blue with mould, crushed by its
long lying under the cushion, but a reticule for all that. Hepsey Harro.w's-ret-
ieule! I opened it. There lay a* comb
and brush, an artificial rose—how well
I remembered it in her hair!—and my
letter. Yes, my letter, that she had
never read, never seen, never known
of. '    \
"What's the matter, Almon?" asked
my mother.
For a few moments I did not know.
At last I spoke.
" It is Miss Harrow's reticule."
" She must have lost it when you took
her a sleigh riding," said my mother.
" Just like her, to lose it and not know,
extravagant critter: She's teaching yet-
likely "too—she ain't married; no doubt
she'll be an old niaid): serve'her right''
The rest my mother said to herself,
for I waited for no more.
I took the reticule in my hand and
went over to the . long-forgotten path
toward the school, house.- School was
over. A figure stood alone, near the
[gate. I did-not know it at first. But
on a nearer view I found it was a more
mature edition of Hepsey 'Harrow's
slender frame—not so slender now, but
pretty—just as pretty in the face, and
bustom.:
I walked up to her. She gave me a
puzzled look. Then her cheek flushed.
-."Mr. Craig?" * she said,
"-Yesy Miss Harrow," I answered. 1
am here.to restore your property. You
lost a reticule in W sleigh five years
ago. To-day I found it. There is something in it -which I asked you to look-at
when you were alone." I make the same
request now.   May I see you this eve-
. Chabacte'r.—We may judge a man's
character by _wkat he loves—what
pleases him. If a person manifests delight in low, sordid objects, the vulgar
song and debasing language; in the
misfortunes of his-'fellows or cruelty to
animals, we may at once determine the
complexion of his character. On-the
contrary, if he loves purity, modesty,
truth—if virtuous pursuits engage his
heart and draw out his affections—we
are satisfied that he is, a,n upright man.
Affected young lady seated ip.a rocking chair, r'eading. the Bible, exclaimed,
('Mother, bare .is a grammatical error
in the Bible." Mother lowering her
spectacles and approaching the reader
in a very scrutinizing' attitude, says :—
" Kill it! kill it! it's the' very thing
that has been eating the leaves and
book-marks."   j^j a.
A young lady, in the course of a lecture, said : " Get..married, young man,
and be quick about it; too. Don't wait
for the millenium, hoping that the
girls may turn to angels, before you
trust yourself*to one of them. A pretty thing you would be alongside an
angel, wouldn't you, you brute"'
Baptist Brother—I don't like yourl
church -feov.ernment. It isn't simple
enough. There's too much machinery
about, it. Methodist Brother—It is
true, we have .more machinery than
you; but then, you see, it don't take
near so much water to run it."
A- prominent journalist, -in New York,
who . is. perfectly 'bald, has offered
a reward of a thousand dollars for a tale
that will make his hair stand pn end.
Why does a dog gnaw a bone 1 Because he can't swallow it whole.
THE GREAT ARGUMENT
Defence of the President.
BT   MR.    GKOKSBECE,    OF    OHIO.
The leading paper's of the country, of
all shades of political opinion, agree in
pronouncing Mr. Groesbeck's argument
on impeachment to be the most fascinating, cogent and effective delivered
before the Court. We copy from the
officiar-pepbrt in the Congressional Globe
of the 27th, the peroration of his grand
effort:
Now, Senators, I have gone over this ease
as far as I intend to  do  Iii  my condition,
.i ].-. *.«. ort faji oi) x proposed to do wnen i
The questions presented
mng T
She bowed. I walked away. That
night I went onee more to see her. bhe
had been weeping; the letter lay upon
her knee. *"■     '      ,. ,    . .
"Such an odd relic of those foolish old
times," she said.
I took her hand.
"You never answered it, Hepsey, I
said.   "Will you answer it now ?"
"After all this time?"
" Yes," I said.
preprred my brief.
1. Where is the power of removal lodged by
the Constitution? ,,      . -.-'•
2. is straton covered by the civil-tenure
act ?
3. Could the President make an a a: interim
appointment? i .Jii*   .   „ . . .   .".
4 Did he-do anything mischievous In His
interview with General Emory ? -
And then there is the matter of the libeity
of speech, which, I apprehend, nobody intends to take on his hack and carry as a heavy load for the rest of his life; so thatwekave
no political questions here. I am glad tnat
Is so. They are dry questions of practice ana
of law; one of them the oldest question
in the history ol the Government. And on
this statement of the case, when you strip it
of all the verbiage and rumor and tamoi
every kind, standing almost naked upon a
few technical propositions, upon-sueha case
we ask your Judgment of a^B^-^® "j?
entitled to it beyond all P^dyentuie^ it
almost shocks me to think that the President ofthe United States Is to be togged out
ofhisofitceon these questions, *•*
could make an ad interim WP^.^lVdld
or whether in anything ne am
t a crime .tbat 7?"."*«?H5
single day, J
SS^SS^-^^aBs^tion^
said.
Utrv disturb the quiet of the people,
anlWffi 'their confidence in a great degree
IhthTstability of their Government; that
you^hould, in a word, take possession of the
Wpcutive and, what is worse and moijt un-
UtunateiiTthe"condition of things, empty
fheSfficeaSdffll 1* with one of your own
SK Not on this case. Surely not on
grease, Senators. I ^V11?6 ^ersw?w
now such'a tblngcan possibly he done. How
misesable Is this case!  An ad interim ap
pointment for a single day, an attempt to
remove Edwin 31. Stanton, who stood defiantly, and, right or wrong, had destroyed tbe
harmony and unity ol the Cabinet: I do not
speak Ineetisure of Mr,'Stan ton—such i» the
fact.   That Is aU!
Senators, we have been -referred to a great
many precedents, Iheard one of the honorable managers talk two days ago about
Charles I., and we have had an abundance of
precedents submitted on the subject ol'expediency and things like that; policy, if you
please, as if this were a measure and not a
trial. We' have nothing to do with measures
in the high court of impeachment. You are \
trying the defendant on the charges set forth
in these articles, and npon the proof offered; -
from the witness-stand, and upon nothing
else. I, too, can point to those precedents to
which the gentlemen have called your attention—the miserable precedents which they
have brought up on the subject of impeachment, even from centuries back; and they
are to me, as they should he to all of as, not
examples for imitation, hut "beacon lights to
warn us from the dangerous rocks on which
they are kindled."
■What shall be yourjudgment ? What Is to-
be your judgment, Senators, in this case ?
Removal from office and perpetual disqualification? If the President has committed
that for which he should be ejected from
office it were Judicial mockery to stop short
ofthe  largest  disqualification  you can lm-
Rpse.  It will he a heavy judgment.   What is
Is crime, in its moral aspects, to merit such
a Judgment ?   Let ns look at It.
He tried to pluck a thorn out of his very
heart, for the condition of "things in tbe War
Department, and consequently in his Cabinet, did pain him as a thorn in his heart.
You fastened it there, and you are now
asked to punish him for attempting to extract it. What more?* He made an ad interim appointment to last for a single day.
You could have terminated it whenever you
saw fit. You had only to take up the nomination which he sent to you which was a
good nomination, and act upon it and the
|ad interim appointment vanished like
smoke. He had no Idea of fastening it upou
the Department. .He had no intention to do
anything of that kind. He merely proposed
that for the purpose, if the opportunity
should occur, of subjecting this law to* a
constitutional test. This is all the purpose
it was to answer. It is all for which it was intended. The thing is ih your hands from the
beginning to the end* You had - only to act
Upon the nomination, and the matter was
settled.   Surely that Is no crime.
I point you' to the Cases that have occurred
of ad Interim appointment after ad interim
appointment: but I point especially to the
case of Mr. Holt, where the Senate in its
legislative capacity examined it, weighed it,
decided upon it, heard-the report of the President, and received It as satisfactory. That
is, for the purposes of this trial, before the
same tribunal, res ad judicata, I think, and it
will be so regarded.
What else did he do? He talked with an
officer about the law. That is the Emory
article' • He made intemperate speeches
though full of honest, patriotic sentiments;
when reviled he should not revile again,
when smitten on one cheek he should turn
the other.
But, says the gentleman who spoke last on
behalf of the Managers, he tried to defeat pacification and restoration. I deny it in the
sense in which he presented it—that is, as. a
criminal act. Here, too, he followed precedent and trod the pafh on which were the .
footprints of Lincoln, and which was bright
With the radiance of his divine utterance,
y charity lor all, malice toward none." He
was eager for pacification. He thought that
the war was ended. The drums were all
silent; the arsenals were all shut; the roar
ofthe cannon had died away to the last reverberations; the -Armies were disbanded;
not a single enemy confronted us In tne field.
Ah, he was too eager too forgiving, too kind.
The hand of conciliation was stretched out to
him and he took it. It may- be he should
have put it away, but was it a crime to take
it? Kindness, forgiveness a crime? Kindness a crime ? Kindness-ia omnipotent for
good," more powerful than-gunpowder or cannon. Kindness is statemanship". Kindness
is the high statemanship of heaven itself.
The thunders of Sinai do But terrify aad distract; alone they accomplish little; it i3 the
kindness of Cavalry that subdues and pacifies.
What shall I say of this man? He is no
theorist; lie is no reformer; I have looked
over his life. He has ever walked in beaten
paths, and by the light of-the Constitution.
The mariner, tempest tossed at mid-sea,
does not more certainly tnrai to his star for
guidance than does this man ta trial and difficulty to the star of the Consltutlon. He
loves the Constitution. It has been the study
of his life. He is hot'learned and scholarly,
like many of you; he is not a man of many
ideas or of much speculation; but by a law
of the mind he is on:y the truer to that which
he does know. He is a patriot, second to no
one of you in the measure of his* patriotism.
He loves his eoonntry;.he may be full cf
error; I will not canvass how his views; but
he loves his countrv; he has the courage to
defend it, and I believe to die for it if need
be. His courage and his patriotism are not
without illustration. ,       ,
My colleague [Mr. Nelson] referred the
other day to the scenes which occurred ih
this Chamber when he alone' of twenty-two
Senators remained; even .-his State seceded,
but he remained. That was a trial of his
patriotism, of which many of you, by reason
of your locality and your life-long association
know nothing. How his voice rang out in
this Hall in the hour of alarm for the good
cause, and in denunciation of the rebellion.
But he did not remain here; it was a pleasant, honorable, safe, and easy position; but
he was wanted for a mere difficult and arduous and perilous.-serrice. He faltered not,
but entered upon it. - That-was a trial of his
courage and patriotism of which some of
you who now sit in judgement on more than
his life know nothing.- -1 have-often thought
that those who dwelt at the North, safely
distant from the collisions and strife or the
war knew hut little of its actual, trying
dangers. We who lived on the border know
more. Our'horizdnwas always red with its
Same: and it sometimes burned so near us
that we could feel its heat upon the outstretched hand. But he was wanted for
greater peril, and went into the very furnace
of the war, and there served his country long
and well. Who of you have done more ?
Not one. There iS"bne here whose services
cannon be over-estimated, as I well know,
and I withdraw all comparison.-
Bnt it is enough to say that his services
were great and needed; and it seems hard,
it seems cruel, Senators, that he should be
dragged here as a criminal, or that any one
who served his country and bore himself
well and bravely-through that trying ordeal
Should be condemned upon miserable technicalities. ,',
■If he'- has committed any gross crime,
shocking alike and indiscriminately the entire public mind, then condemn him: but ne
has rendered service to the country that entitles him to/some consideration. -He naa
precedents for every thing he has done, ana.
what excellent precedents! The voices oi
the great dead come to us from the grave
sanctioning his course. All our past history
approves it. How can you single* out this
man now, in this condition of things, and
brand him hefore the world, put your brand
of infamy upon him because he made an aa
interim appointment for a day: and may
possibly have made a mistake in attempting to remove Stanton ?
I can at a glance put my eye on Senators
here who would not endure the position
which he occupied. You do not think it is
right yourselves. You framed this civil-tenure law to give each President his own Cabinet, and yet his whole crime is that he wan is
harmony and peace in his. .        „„„.
Senators, I*vfill go on. There is a great
deal that is crowding on my tongue Ira, utterance, but is not from my head; it is^athei
from my heart; and it would be but a repetition of the vain things I have been saying
the pit half hoSTfilt I do hope you wipnot
drive,the President out and take poseston.
ofhis office. I hope this not merely ascoan-
sel for Andrew Johnson—lor Andrew Jonnr
lon's administrations is to me bat as a moment, a^4. himself as nothing in comparison
with the possible consequences pf such an
£,t NogoodcSi come of it, Senators and
how much will the heart ofthe nationbe .refreshed if at last the Senate of the Lnitcd
«t?tes can its Judgement .upon this case,
maintain it*ancient dignity and high chafj
S?inthe midst of storm and pg
strife.
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