- :5 gr govarhment are duly in operation and. the constitution does not fail to define the limits ofjurisdiction and ower of each: the nation has passed the den ly exigencies which have excused their trespassing upon the functions of each other, and-the people wrll hold them all to a just accountability for the discharge of their great trusts, We may well be hopeful of the future when we recall the labors and glories of the past. Having successfully tried the last and severest of tests, our unbroken and exultant Republic springs forward in the grand con- tests of civilization, sure to be the foremost among nations in intelligence, wealth, hber- ty justice and power. I have endeadored to present some of_ my views upon national afiairs and the subjects of domestic legislation. We may differ among ourselves u 1: many topics, butwe all love and honor onnecticnt. and are justly proud of her ,record. Let us fraternally and zeal. ously address ourselves to the work assign- ed us, in the hope that we may win the ap- rohation of the people, and obtain for the State a continuance of the Divine favor that has so signally blessed us heretofore. . . JOSEPH R. HAWLEY. New Haven, May 2, 1866. O» Reconstructing as Husband. ‘Where are you going, George l” asked Mrs. Wilson as her husband rose from the tea table and took his hat. ‘0, i am going out,’ was the careless re- sponse. . ‘But wheref' asked his wife. ‘But what odds does it make, Emmi? re- turned her husband. ‘I shall be back at my usual time. . The young wife hesitated, and a quick flush overspresd her face. She seemed to . have made up her mind to speak plainly on the subject which had lain uneasily upon her heart for some time, requiring an effort, but she persevered. ‘Let me tell you what odds it makes to me,’ she said in a kind but tremalous tone. ‘If I cannot have ydur company at home, I should at least feel much better if I knew where you were.’ ‘Bnt you know that I am safe, Emma, and What more can you ask 1” , ‘ ‘I do not know that you are safe, George; I know nothing positively about you when you are away.” . ‘Pooh l pooh! would you have it that I am not capable of taking care of myself.’ ‘You put a wrong construction upon my words, George. Love is alWays anxious when its dearest object is away. If I did not love you as I do I might not be thus un- easy. When you are at your place of busi- ness I do not feel thus, because I' know I can seek and find you at any moment ; but when you are absent during these long even- ings I go wondering where you are. Then I begin to feel lonesome; and so one thought follows another til I feel troubled and unea- sy. If you would only stay with me a portion of your evenings l' , ' ‘Aha l I thought that was what you were aiming at,’ said George, with a playful shake of the head. ‘You would have me here eva- ry evening.’ - ‘Well, can you wonder at it ?’ returned Emma. I used to be very happy when you came to spend an evening wit me before we were married, and I know I diould be very happy in your society now.’ ‘Ah,’ said George without a smile, ‘those_ were business meetings. We were arran- ging then for the future.’ ‘And why not continue to do so, my hus- band 1’ I am sure we could be as happy now as ever. If you will remember, one of your plans was to make a home.” ,‘And haven’t we got one, Emma?’ ‘We have certainly a place in which to live,’ answered the wife somewhat evasive- l . I y"And it is our home,’ pursued . George. ‘Besides,’ he added, with a sort of confident- ial flourish, ‘home is the wife’s peculiar prov; ince. She has the charge of it, and all her work is there, while the duties of the hue. hand call him to other scenes.’ ‘Well, I admit that, so far as certain du- ties are concerned,’ said Emma. ‘And you must remember that we both need relaxation ‘ from labor: we need time for social and mental improvement and enjoyment, and what time have we for this save our even- ings? Why should not this be my home of an evening as well as the day time and in the night ‘2’ ‘Well, isn’t it 2‘ asked George. ‘How can it be when you are not here at all? What makes a home for children if it be not the abode of the parents? What home can a husband have where there is no wife ? And what real home comforts can a wife en- joy where there is no husband ? You do not consider how lonesome I am here all alone during these long evenings. They are the very seasons when I am at leisure to en- joy your companionship, and when you would he at leisure to enjoy mine, if it is worth enjoying. They are the season when _ the happiest hours of home life might be passed if we determime it should be so. Come, will you spend a few of our evenings with me i” ’ ‘You see enough of me as it, is,’ said the husband lightly. . ‘Allow me to be the best judge of that, George. You would be very lonesome here alone. ‘Not if it was my place of business, as it is yours,’ returned the young man. ‘You are used to staying here. All wives belong at home.’ ‘Just remember, my husband, that previ- ous to our marriage I had pleasant society all the time. Of course I remained home much ofthe time; but I had a father and mother there,’and had brothers and sisters, and our evenings were happily spent. Fi- nally I gave up all for you. I left the old home and-sought a home with my husband. And now‘have I not a right to expect some of your companionship ? How would you like itto have me away every evening while you were obliged to remain here alone?’ ‘Why, I should like it well enough.’ ‘Ah l but I know you wouldn’t be willing to try it.’ ' ‘Yes I would,’ said George at a venture. ‘Will you remain here every evening next week and allow me to spend my time among my female friends ?’ ‘CertaiulyI will,’ he replied, ‘and I confi. dently assure you I shall not be as lonesome as you imagine.’ With this the husband went‘out and was soon among-his friends. He was an indus- trious man, and loved his wife truly, but like thousand of others he had contracted a habit of spending his evenings abroad, and thought it no harm. His only practical idea of home seemed to be that it was a place that his wife took care of, and where he could eat, drink and sleep as long as he could pay for it. In short, he treated has a sort of pri- vate hoarding-house, of which his wife was landlady; and if he paid all the bills be con- sidered his duty done. His wife had fre- quently asked him to stay at home with her, but she had never ventured upon any argu- ment before, and he had no conception of how much she missed him. She always seemed happy when he came home, and be supposed she could always'be so. Monday evening came, and George Wilson Ismained true to his promise. His wife put on her bonnet and shawl, and he said he would remain and keep house. . ‘What will you do when I am gone ?‘ Em- ma asked. lyzo’ I shall read and enjoy myself general- ' hands. ‘Very well,’ said Emma, “I shall be back early.’ The wife went out and the husband was left alone. He had an interesting book and he began to read it. He read till eight o'clock and then he began to yawn and lookofre- quently at the clock. The book did not in- terest him as usual. Ever and anon he came ‘to a passage which he knew would please his wife, and instinctively he turned as though he would read it aloud, but there was no wife, to hear it. At half past eight he rose from his chair and began to pace the floor and whistle. Then he got his flute and played some of his favorite airs. ‘ Then - he walked the floor and whistled again. Fi- nally the clock struck nine, and his wife re- turned. . ‘Well George,’ she said, ‘I am back in good time.’ . ‘How have you enjoyed yourself ‘1" , ‘0,splendidly,’ said his wife, ‘I had no idea how much enjoyment there was from home. Home is a dull place after all, isn't 1” ‘Why, no, I can’t say as it is,’ returned George carelessly. ‘In fact,’ he added, ‘I ratherlike it.’ ‘I am glad of that,’ retorted Emma, for we shall have a nice, comfortable week of it.’ George winced at this, but kept his coun- tenance and determined to stand it out. On the next evening Emma prepared to go off again. . ‘I shall be back in good time,’ she said. ‘Where are you going Emma?’ said her husband. ‘ ' ‘0, can't tell exactly. I may go to sever- al places.’ , So George Wilson was left alone again, and he tried to amuse himself as before, but he found it a very difficult task. Ever _and anon he would cast his eyes on that empty chair, and the thought whould come ‘how pleasant it would be if she were here.’ The clock finally struck nine, and he began to listen for the steps of his wife. Half an hourmore slipped by, and he became very nervous and uneasy. _ ‘I declare,’ he muttered to himself, after he had listened for some time in vain, ‘this is too had. She ought not to stay out so late.’ 'But he happened to remember that he of- ten remained away much later than that. so he concluded that he must make the best of it. ' At a quarter to ten Emma came home. “A little late, amI not?” she said, look- ing at the clock. “ButI fell in with some old friends. How have you enjoyed your- self ?” “First rate,” returned George bravely. “I think home is a capital place.” ‘ “Especially when a man can have it all to himself,” added " the wife, with a sidelong glance at her husband. But he made no re- 1 . p Ila the next evening Emma prepared to go out as before; but this time she kissed her husband ere she went, and seemed to hesi- tate abcut leaving, “Where do you think of going?” George asked in an undertone. . , “I may dropiu to see Uncle J ohn,” replied Emma. “However, you won’t be uneasy. You know I'm safe." . “0, certainly,” said her husband; but wheh left to his own reflections he began to pon- der seriously upon the subject thus presented for consideration. He could not read, he could not play, or enjoy himself in any way while the chair was empty. In short, he found that home had no real comforts with out his wife. The one thing needful to make George Wilson’s home pleasant, was not present. . , ‘I declare he said to himself;’ ‘I did not think it would be so lonesome. And can it be that she feels as I do when she is here all alone? It must be so,’ he persned thought- fully; ‘It is just as she says. Before we were married she was very happy in her child' hood‘s home. Her parents loved her, and did all they could to make her comfortable.’ After this he walked up and down; the room several times, and then stopped again and communed with himself. . ‘I can’t stand this,’ said he, I should die i a week. If Emma was here I think I could amuse myself very well. How lonesome and dreary it is! And only eight o’clock ? I declare I have a mind to walk dowu as far as Uncle J oim’s and see if she is there. It would be a relief if I could only see her ; I won’t go in. She shan’t know yet that 1 hold out so faintly.’ George Wilson took another turn across the robm, glanced once more at the clock,and then took his hat and went out. He locked the door after film, and then bent his steps towards Uncle John‘s. It was a beautiful moonlight night. and the _air was keen and bracing. He was walking along with his eyes bent upon the pavement, when he heard a light step approaching him. He looked up and—he could not be mistaken—— saw his wife. His first impulse was to avoid her, but she had recognized him. ‘George,’ she said, in surprise, ‘can this be you ?‘ . ‘It is,’ was the response. ‘And do you pass your evenings at home.’ This is the first timeI have been out, Em- ma, upon my word ; and even now I have not been absent from the house ten minutes. I merely cameout to take the fresh air. But where are you going.’ ‘ ‘I am going home, George; will you go with me?" . ‘Certainly,‘ was the response of the bus- hand. She then took his arm and they walked home in silence. , When Emma had taken off her things she sat down in the chair and looked at the clock. ‘ You are home early to-night,’ said George. The young wife looked up, into her hus- band‘s face, and with an expression that was half smiling and half tearful she said .' ‘I will confess the truth, George, I have given up the experiment. I managed to stand it last evening, but I could not bear _it through to-night. When I thought of you .here all alone, I wanted to be with you. It didn’t seem right. I haven’t enjoyed my- self at all. Ihave not any home but this.’ ‘Say you so?’ cried George, moving his chair to his wife’s side and taking one of her ‘Then let me make my confession. I have stood it not a whit better. When I left the house this evening I could bear it no longer. I found that this was no home for me-while my wife was absent. I thought I 'would walk down to Uncle John’s and see your face if possible. I had gazed on your empt’chair till my heart acbed.’ He kissed her as he spoke, and then added, while she reclined her head upon his arm, ‘I have learned a good lesson. Your pres- ence here is like the bursting forth of' the sun after a storm ; and if you love me as I love you—which of course I can not doubt— my presence may afford some sunlight for you. At all events, our next experiment shall be to that effect. I will try and see how much home comfort we can find while we are here to enjoy it. Emma was far too happy to express it in words, nevertheless she dic.‘ so, and in a manner not to be mistaken. The next evening was spent at home by husband and wife, and it was a season of much enjoyment. In a short time, George began to realize how much comfort was to be found in a quiet and peaceful home, and the - day, for four long months. longer he enjoyed this. comfort the more plainly did he see and understand the sim- pletruth that it takes two to make a happy home, and if the wife is one party the hus- band must be the other. .4.-. GEN. FERRY IN CONGRESS. As public attention is at present directed toward Gen. Ferry to a considerable extent, we re—publish the following extracts from the last speech delivered by him in Congress, on the 24m day of January 1861. The sub- ject before the House was the Report of the‘ Committee of Thirty-three. We do not re- produce his argument upon that report, but only such passages from his speech as can be separated from the rest, without impairing their completeness. Our object is to indicate the principles on which his political action seems to be based. The following is his ac- count of the Disunion movement. It must be remembered thdt all this was uttered more than five years ago. “Disunion, in its present shape,is of thirty ears growth, although, until the 6th of Ovember last it expanded in the dark. It may be traced to the workings of a single mind, disappointed of a cherished ambition —-when John C. Calhoun lost the hope of being the successor of Andrew Jackson.— Though destitute of the highest qualities of statesmsnship, Mr. Calhoun had, neverthe- -less, the ssgacity to perceive the yet uncon- scious strength of what has been called “ the slave power” in our complex system of-gov- ernment; how existing compactly in one section of the country, and embracing a pc- cuniary interest so vast that the mind is un- able to grasp it, if its polical capacities could be brought to act as a unit, in connection with either of the great parties in the other section, it would be potent to rule, and how, , if severed trom all parties it might be able to ruin the Republic. All the years of his life after the disappointment of his ambitious ex- pectations, were spent in ceaseless and suc- cessful efforts to units the slaveholding in- terest as a single combatant in the political arena. In was necessary, first 'of all, to defy the sentiment of the civilized world, and to overturn all the convictions of the maple 'Of the South, in order to establish among them the dogma-that slavery in itself, is right, a moral, social, and political good. He made the effort, and the result has been accom- plished, while the nations have stood aghast as they listened to this new gospel of bond- age proclaimed from the very temples of liberty. Fearful sacrifices have been made in the course of this revolution of opinion. It was a philosophical necessity that its sup- cess should overthrow the liberties of those who participated in it; and in accordance with that necessity, freedom of speech, free- dom of the press, and freedom of elections,the very elements of civil liberty, were one after the other given up. It was desirable, in the second place, to imbue the southern mind with theories of government by which trea- son might be made honorable and rebellion cease' to be a crime. The mischievous here- sy of secession was revived, and after many years of denial and dispute, adopted as a fundamental axiom in southern politics. “To combine the elements of political pow: er in the slaveholding States was a more difficult task. The genius, patriotism, and popularity of Mr. Clay, were the chief obsta- cles to be overcome. They were overcome in the presidential election of 1844; and the first act in the drama of disuuion was accom- plished by the annexation of Texas, under the immediate auspices of Mr. Calhoun.— Additional strength was gained by the slave holding interest in the General Government and a vast territory acquired for the expec- ted southern gonlederacy. The war with Mexico for the extension Of that territory to the Rio Grande, and for still further acquisi- tions to the westward, was the second act. It accomplished both purposes ; but the ex- pected advantage to the slaveholding inter- cats in the regions beyond the Rio Grande was frustrated by the genius of Cl and the firmness of Taylor. Enough, hoyevcr, had been accomplished to hasten the purposes of the disunionists. They were to be found in both the political parties of the day. The time had arrived for concentrating their en- ergies. They chose the Democratic party as their instrument; and between 1850 and 1852 the forces “of disuuion were gathered into that organization. In the latter year the total destruction of the Whig party was accomplished. It was necessary, further, to break up the unity of the Democracy. There was one statute which was, more than any _ other, dear to the country. The Missouri Compromise was second only to the Consti- tutiouin the afi‘ections of the people. A proposition for its repeal was suggested. The disunionists eagerly seized upon the project, and the outrage was consummated. Thousands of Democrats inthe free States left their party ranks forever. A seeming indorsement of the legislation of 1854 was ' obtained by the union of the combined South with a few of the border northern States, in the election of Mr. Buchanan.— But it became evident that the young and vigorous party which had sprung into exis- tence upon the repeal of the Missouri com- promiseaa party which combined- all the best elements of the old political organiza- tions of the North, and would have speedily taken a powerful position at the South but for the despotism which had destroyed all freedom of elections there—would be likely to succeed in 1860. A made-up case was smuggled into the supreme Court, which proceeded to expound the Constitution in a manner that compelled every patriot jurist in the land to blush for very shame. Slavery was made national by judicial construction; and'that construction was enforced in the Federal territory at the point of the bayonet. The disuuioniutst meanwhile, had been busi- ly at work. They had prepared a scheme of sedition and revolt, to be carried into effect in the event of the election of Colonel Fre- mont. That event having failed to occur, they now took complete possession of Pres- dent Buchanan. A wild saturn‘alia, followed, unsurpassed since the worst days of the worst emperors of Rome. Treason lurked in every department of‘the Government, and struck hands with grand and petty larceny for the accomplishment of its purposes. Ev- erybody stole. Cabinet officers, clerks, cus- tom-house officials, postmasters, reveled in theft. Even the restraints of the Spartan law were not applied ; for the criminals were never punished upon detection, but unblushingly bore off their spoil, to plot re- bellion against the Government which they had first“ robbed and then betrayed. Disun- ion was preparing for its consummation. The infamy of the Dred Scott decision had de- stroyed the confidence of the nation in the Supreme Court. The infamy ’Of the Lecomp- tion bill, and the boundless corruption which was everywhere revealing itself‘,had destroy- ed the confidence of the nation in the execu- tive administration. The Republican party had, from the beginning, been mobbed and shot and strangled out of the southern States. The same fate must be got ready for the Un- ion portion of the Democratic party. The great political conventions, to make nomina- tions for the Presidency, were coming on.— That of the Democratic party was to be held in Charleston, the very hotbed .of treason. The" leaders of disunion contrived to be appointed delegates to it. They demanded the adoption of principles which no northern Democrat could sanction without betraying his constituency, defying his own conscience and dishonoring himself. As was expected and desired, the convention was broken into fragments. The Democrats who stood by the Union were driven to nominate a candi- date from the northern section of the Re public, while the disunionists lormed them- selves into a compact party, prepared to. sWeep the Southern States. Then followed a political canvass such as the country had never before witnessed. The action of the disunionists in the convention had insured the success of the Republican party. They had new four months before them, in which, under the pretence of opposing that result, they might inflame the popular mind up to the pitch oftreasou and dismemberment of the Union. No man in all the South, with here and there an exception along the north- ern border could open his lips in explanation of Republican principles. No man could' defend them there without the certainty of a" violent death. The disunionists thus had the field to themselves) so far as the accom- plishment of their immediate purposes was concerned. The whole South was inunda~ ted with one foul, reeking deluge of false- hood. The objects, the principles, the very persons'of Republicans were libclled, day by Men who had satin Congress with the Republican candi- date for Vice President as fellow-Democrats, and who therefore knew the falsity of what. they said, inflamed the worst passions of the southern mob by the assertion that Mr. Ham- lin was a mulatlo. “The poison of asps was under their lips; their tongues would set on fire the courseof nature, and were ,them selves set on fire of hell.” The loyal men of the south who perceived the tendency of A events stood aghast at what-was occurring around them. They could not deny these aspersions without being denounced as the apologists of abolition. lace wondered, believed, were inflamed, and thus made fit for the designs of the conspira- tors. The election took’plucc, and resulted as everybody knew it must do. Forthwilh “the revolution was precipitated " “While the minds of men were tints heated by pus- slon engendered by misrepresentation, the Issue was forced upon them in the sect-(ling States, with no time allowed for reflcclion, and with an indecent haste that demonstrates both the insincerily and the incapacity of the managers.” The following extract lets in the light up- on the inner machinery of the incipient re- bellion. "What, now, are the objects of those who have led this movement to its present condi- tton ? ‘1 answer: in part, the complete overthrow of democratic institutions, and the establishment of an aristocratic, or even an imperial government. The disciples of the Calhoun school have learned to distrust the people, to hate universal suffrage, and to be- have in aristocracy. Among the leaders of disunion may be found the victims of dis up- pointed ambition, who, in -the reconstruc- tion of society, seek opportunities of person- al advancement; the bold and reckless, who look forward to scenes of adventure; the broken in fortune, who see the ~avenues to wealth opening to them; theorists, who fan- cy that their schemes will be realized ; and martial spirits, who long for conquest and military glory. Behind all these stands the- mob, just beginning to be conscious of its strength, and ready for any desperate enter- prise. Loyal citizens are silenced by fear. Men of property either join the ranks of the insurgents, in hope of saving something from the wreck, or stand despairingly aloof, hope- less of the future. Let but the ties which bind the States to the Federal Government be broken, and the leaders of the rebellion see glittering before them the prizes of a slave holding empire, which, grasping Cuba with one hand, and Mexico with the other, shall distribute titles, fame, and fortune,.to the foremost in the strife. “Such, in my opinion, is the real origin of the present revolt, and such are the motives which inspire its leaders. I do not say that all who are participating in the rebellion share these feelings. Thousands of honest men have been deceived by the promoters of revolution, and verily think that they are striking for endangered rights. And what is the result to which all this tends ? The first thing which it preposes to accomplish is the dismemberment of the Republic; and this it claims the right to do, without the consent of the Federal Government or ofthe loyal States, but as an exercise of the plain constitutional powers of the disloynl States, The advocates of this dogma would hide the guilt of rebellion, and the blood and tears of revolution, under the soft-spoken phraseolo- gy of secession. -They have dug the rotting bones of nullification out of its dishonored grave, and, clothing them with- the mask and robes of a false legality, have endeavor- ed to conceal from the world the grinning skeleton within. I shall not spend time in exposing the imposture. The Government of the United States is a delusion, the Union a sham, and the Constitution 8. lie, if seces- sion be true. I can add nothing to the rea- soning which has already been brought to bear upon it, Daniel Webster smote it with his Thor’s hammer a generation since : and no man of this generation can add to the weight of that blow.” Our nextextruct embodies Gen. Ferry’s reply to the attacks made by Southern mem- bers and by such western men as Vallandig- ham and Cox, upon New England. “It has been said, indeed, that the dismem- berment which I have been considering is not the only one that may occur; and sundry gen- tlemen,whose homes are to the northward of Mason and Dixon’s line, but whose prin- ciples would seem to have sprung from a more congenial southern soil, have express- ed an anxiety to escape from a further un- ion with New England.\I do not wonder when such expressions fall from the lips of one who, in'this age of the world, and bred amid free institutions, has nevertheless con- sented to become the apologist of slavery. But,»sir, what would this nation be without the New England influence which has per— meated its whole life? Go out from her borders, and follow the parallels of latitude westward to the Pacific. Wherever along your pathway you find, mingled in their justest proportions, reverence for law and love of civil liberty; wherever you find the highest social order resting securely upon the broadest democracy; wherever industry is most- prcvalent, and reaps the most ample rewards; wherever villages cluster thickest, and‘churcbes most abound, and schoolhou- ses stand most frequent; wherever Christian- ity assumes her purest form, and education is most. widely disseminated, there, sir, eve- rywhere there, you behold the foot-prints of New England. And at home, amdng her mountains, and along her valleys, dwells to- day, a people unsurpassed, in everything that makes a _nation great, by any people on earth. Cast by accident upon a bleak and comparatively sterile region. they found themselves confronted by _the hostile ele- ments of nature, and defied and conquered them. They have turned the rocky hill-sides into smooth pasture fields, and the desolate swamps into fair meadows. They have chained the rushing rivers and compelled them to drive the machinery of a thousand manufactories, whose product is borne by their commerce to the farthest regions of the globe. They have dotted the land all over with villages, where the hum of indus- try never ceases except for the old New England Sabbath rest. Their government is the purest democracy the world ever saw ; their social order as perfect as an that ever prevailed in human society. rom every hill-top you can count the spires of many churches; in every hamlet the school house free to all, has its place. The people who dwell there are quiet, loyal, law abiding men, pursuing their avocations in peace, and dreading commotion and civil strife. But the blood Ofthe old Ironsides is in‘ their veins, and in their minds the mem- ories of Marston Moor mingle with those of Lexington and Bunker’s Hill. The impulse which lies deepest in their hearts is not the miserable fiction miscalled Honor, but the living and eternal verity of DUTY; at whose call they will, if need he, lay down the im: plements of peace, and walk as calmly up to the cannon's mouth as they now do to their daily toil. Sir, the United States of America cannot afford to lose New England, and the sons of New England scattered all over _the broad, North and West, cannot sunder the tie which binds them to the hearth-stone of civil liberty on this western continept.” The following final passages exhibit his views upon the general subject of com- promise, and also upon the particular com- promise then urged upon Congress. “But the subject is before Congress, and we are asked to compromise. And lo com- promise what? Not questions of financial, commercial, or industrial policy,but our con- victions of moral rectilude, our love of liber- ty, our reverence for duly. That i What constitutes the grave character of t issue now before us.- In matters of revenue, in matters of finance, in all matters of mere ex- pediency, concessions and compromises may safely enough he made; but I know of only one rule of civil conduct when moral duties are necessarily brought into the field of po- litical action,nn(l that rule is, to do right. To ingrslt upon the Constitution an express recognition of properly in roan, and to pledge the power of this Government unallerably for the preservation and protection Of that property in all the Federal Teritories where slave labor can be profitably employed, would be in my judgement, a monstrous ini- quity, abhor-red of God, and deserving the execration of the civilized world. * * * * * * * .3. “Mr. Speaker, I have now stated very fully the course which I intend to pursue regard- ing the propositions submitted by the chair- man Ol the commute. It remains for me to consider what ought to be done I'Or the preservation'of the Republic. It is a ques- tion involving at this hour terrible responsi- bilities. Good men, brave men, wise men may well hesitate and doubt. But, sir, there is a principle which will guide us safely in the darkest hour. 'It is simply to do right. The one great revelation of history, which, above all others, exhibits its awful presence amid the Chen es of rising and of falling na- tions, is, that ad governs in the afiaxrs of -men, and that the people who deliberately trample upon His eternal lawcannot prosper It is because I have learned this that I dare not make another compromise with slavery. And why hould we compromise? The peo- ple hdve e ccted a President of signal integri- ty, and holdingjust and constitutional opin- ions. Forthwtth armed rebellion sprin s up ,up all along the Gulf, and'with pa‘bre ran- dished in our faces, and bayonet pointc 'at our breasts, demands compromise. , her The ignorant, popm ; States catching the infection, threaten to jointhciusurgcnt ranks unless we compro- l and children, not otherwise assessed and i misc. Compromise what, sir? Not a pell- lion for redress of grievances has been laid . upon our table, but the 5qu appliances that are brought to bear upon this great govern- ment are drilled troops and loaded cannon. l I] * elf; '3' ‘36 ‘ l “A compromisc'now is but the establish- . mom of sedition as an elementary principle in our system. Let the slave-holding slates renounce their mischievous heresy of seces- sion ; let them return to their allegiance ; let them propose, as the only useful amend- ment to the Coussitution. an express provis- ion therein‘ that no State shall withdraw from the Union without the consent of all its members; let them then make known, in the respectful manner, due to every gov~ ‘ernment, yvhat are their desires ; and I have no doubt that ample security will be given for all their rights and even interests. But so long as open rebellion on the one hand, and threatened rebellion on the other, are the means of redress relied on, there is no course left for the government but the vin- dication of its dignity by an exhibition of its strength. Sir, there never was so wicked a rebellion since the angels revolted as that which now threatens to devastate this fair land. A country such as God never before gave to any people; a Constitution the envy and admiration of the world ; a freedom combined in such just measure with ,civil order as no other nation was ever blessed with] ; a-past full of glorious recollections; a present wherein plenty 'is pouring her richest bounty into the lap of peace ; a fu- ture glowing with immortal hopes; these all these, are to be thrown away, and the fires of civil war to be kindled up, that's Toombs may be lord of the ascendant in Georgia, or a Rhett realize his visions of am- bition in South Carolina. Others may do as they with a treason so full of unnatural guilt.” For the utterance of these sentiments,Gen. Ferry was denounced more fiercely by the rebel Democratic press, of Connecticut, than any other public man in the State, for many years. The vehemence of the denunciation frightened a few timid men, and he lost his re-election by a handful of votes. The events which have occurred during the last five years enable all men to judge of the accuracy of his propositions. - «<9» THE NEW TAX BILL. Amendments and Changes in the Act ofMas-cls, 1865. (From the Washington Chronicle) - The bill to amend the internal revenue act, reported yesterday, provides that on and after the first day of July,l866, in lieu of the duties on unmanufactured cot- ton, there shall be paid by the producer, owner or holder, nponv‘all cottOn pro- duced within the United States, and up- on which no taxes have been paid, a tax of five cents a pound. ’ Upon articles manufactured exclusively from cotton. when exported, there shall be allowed as a drawback an amount equal to the internal tax which shall have been assessed and paid upon such articles in their finished condition, and in addition thereto, a drawback or allow- ance of as many cents per pound' upon the pound of cotton cloth, yarn, or other articles manufactured exclusively from cotton and exported to same extent on raw cotton. The bill provides that distiller's shall pay one hundred dollars instead of fifty dollars. Distillers of apples, grapes,and peaches distilling or manufacturing less than one hundred and fifty barrels per year, shall pay fifty dollars. Brewers to pay one hundred instead of fifty dollars. Those making less than five hundred barrels a year to pay fifty dollars. ' . Insurance agent to pay ten dollars tax; when the receipts do not exceed one undrcd dollars, he shall pay five dollars. Any person who peddles jewelry, dis- to pay fifty dollars license. Express carriers to pay ten dollars li- cense. ' _ Builders and contractors ten instead of twenty five dollars. No tux to be imposed upon apotheca- ries, confectioners,keepers of eating-hous- es, hotels, ions, or taverns, tobacconists, or retail dealers in spirituous or malt liquors, when their gross receipts on sale shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. 0n illuminating, lubricating, or other mineral oil, the product of distillation. redistillstion, or reducing of crude petro- leum, twenty cents per gallon ; and all coal oils between the specific gravity by the Beaume test of 36 and 59 degrees in elusive shall be deemed refined illumina- ting 'conl Oil—sucfi-oil, refineo and pro- duced by the distillation of coal, asphal- tum, or shale, exclusively, shall pay a tax by a single distillation of the some ma- terials, pact, or other bituminous sub- stances, ten cents per gallon. Spirits turpentine,ten cents per gallon. Molasses from sugar cane, three cents per gallon. - - Syrup of Molasses or sugar cane juice, when removed from the plantation, con- centrnted molassses or melade, and cis tern bottoms, of sugar produced from the sugar cane and not made from 'sorghum or impltee, a tax of three fourths of o_ne pe’r centum. ' Sugars above No 12 and not above No ‘18 Dutch standard in color, a tax of one half per cent per pound. 0n sugar above No. 18 Dutch stand.- ard in color, two and a half cents per pound. ' On all soaps valued at above three cents per pound, not perfumed, and on salt water soap made of cocoanut oil a tax of a half cent per pound. Onwall other perfumed soaps, three cents per pound. Salt, a tax of three cents per hundred pounds instead of six. ‘ On rcapers, mowers, scales, brooms, and wooden were, three per centum ud Valorem. - . On tiuwarc of all descriptions, not other-who provided for, five per centmtr ad valorem, Duty on railroad iron, three dollars a too is continued On tubesmttde of wrought iron, five dollars per ton, ’ On copper, zinc, and brass nails or riv- ets, and shot, sheet lead, and lead pipes, five per centum ad vnloyem, On articles of clothing manufactured or produced for sale by weaving knitting or felting, and on hats, bonnets, and hoopskirts, and on articles manufactured and prbduced for Sale as constituent part of clothing, or for trimming,or ornament- ing the same, and on articles of wearing apparel manufactured or produced for sale frbm India rubber, gultavperclm, or paper, or from for, or ‘l'ur-sklus dressed with the for on, five per centum ud Vlllf) rem, On boots ahd shoes, two ptz'l' centum ad vulorem, to be pal-l by uv- ry person making lmmufu‘cturlng, or producing for sale boots and shoes, or furnishing the materiais, or any part thereof, or employ-' ing others to make, manufacture or pro— duce from them ; provided that. any boot or Slitm-dllllliel' making boots and shoes to order, as custom work only, and not lor general sale, and whose work does not exceed annually in value one thousand dollars, shall be exempt from this tax. ' On ready-made clothing .and on gloves, frightens, moccasins, caps, and other artic- choose; I, for one, dare not compound ‘ tilled spirits, fermented liquors or wines, _‘ often cents ter gallon only. Produce“ .them, one cent for half pound. l les of dress, for the wear of men, women. I l taxed, one per ccnlum advulorem, to be ‘ paid by every person, making, manufac— lturiug, or producing fir sale clothing, ‘ gloves, IlllLlCllS. moccasins, cups,:in(l ot’i- ‘, or articles of llresrr, or furnishing, the ma . loriuls or :xn)‘ purl. thereof. or employing ollln-rs to make. nzuuul'nt-turo or produce § them ; provide»: illitl uny lullOl' or mil—‘- ; kcr of gloves, m’tH-ns, mot-undue, caps, and other artiultw of dress to order as custom work only, aml not for general sale, and whose work does not exceed annually the Vulue of one thousand dol— lars, shall be eXl'mpt from this tax; and articles of dress made and trimmed by milliners for who wear of women and children slmll tilio be exempt from this tax, The charge on smoking tobacco of all kinds, and ltlllttlllons thereof, twenty five cents a pound instead of thirty-five. On smoking tobacco made exclusively of stems ten instead of fifteen cents per pound. . On cigarettes or small cigars made of tobacco enclosed in a wrapper or binder,‘ and not over three and a half inches in length, the market value of which, tux included, is not our six dollars per thou- sand, 9. tax of two dollars per thousand; when the market value is over six dol— lars, and not over ten dollars per thou- sand, tax included, and on cheroots and cigars mltde with or without pasted or heads, the market value of which, tax in- cluded, is not over ton dollars per thou; send, a tax of four dollars per thousand On all other cigars. cheroots and cig- arettes, made wholly of tobacco or of any other substitute, therefor ten dollars per thousand. Section ninety-nine provides all sales make by brokers, and brokers doing bu- siness as brokers. whether made for the benefit of others or on their own account at the rate of five cents on every hundred dollars ;and upon all sales and contracts for the sale of stocks, bonds, foreign ex- change, gold and silver bullion and coin uncurreut money, promissory notes, or other securities, two cents for every hnn- tired dollars of thenmouut of such sales or contracts ; and on all sales and con- tracts for sale negotiated and mode by any person, firm, or companv, not taxed .as a broker or banker, of any gold or silver bullion, coin, uncurrent money, promissory notes, stocks, bonds or other securities, not his or their own property, a tax at the rate of five cents for every hundreddollars on the amount of such sales or contracts. All of schedule A. is stricken out ex- cepting billiard tables and carrieges,val- ued above three hundred dollars.‘ In other words, these are the only articles in that schedule now retained for taxa- tion. It is provided that on and after the first day of July 1866, the receipts de- rived from transporting property for hire shall be exempt from the tax impos- ed by tbe. 103d section, but such ex- emption shall not apply to any receipts toll roads, ferries, or bridges, nor to transllortation of the malls of the Uni- ted St‘utes upon contracts made prior to the passage of this act. ' The tax on express companies is in- creased from three to five per cent. on gross receipts ; where gross receipts do not exceed one thousand dollars they are .exempt. ‘ ' The banking section. is amended by adding the deposits in associations, or companies known as provident institu- tions or savings banks, having no capital stock, and doing no other'business ban receiving depo~its, to be loaned or inves- ted for the sole benefit of the parties making such deposits, Without profit or compensation to the association or com- pany, shall be exempt from tax or duty on so much of their deposits as they have invested in securities of the United States, and all deposits ‘less than three hundred dollars made in the name of any one person. The income tax is five per cent. on the excess of one thousand dollars, in lieu ol the former tax. The deductions are about the same as in the present law. ,The stamp duty on guagers‘ measures and weighers’ returns, and all receipts, are stricken out of Schedule B, and the following is inserted in lieu of the same ; Receips for any sum of money or for the payment of any debt exceeding twenty dollars in amount, not being for the sat- isfaction of any mortgage, judgment, or decree of any court, or by endorsement, or'any stamped obligation in acknowl- edgment Ofits fulfillment, for each re- iept two cents; provided that when more than one signature is affixed to the same paper one or more stamps may be affixed thereto, representing the whole amount ofstsmps required for such sig- natures. ‘ There is only one grade of tax on play- ing cards, namely, five cents. One and two cents on canned and. preserved meats, vegetables, ect. accord- ing to value. Ground coffee, or any compound or mixture grOund or prepared for Sale as a substitute for coffee, one cent per pound, and one cent for each pound ; provided that any function of a pound shall be considered as one pound and be stamped accordingly. Ground pepper, cloves, clove stems, etc or any mixture intended to represent Sections two, five, eight, and nine of the act of March 3, 1865, are repealed. The effect of this is to remove the tax on lucil'er matches, and reduces the tax on removing the tax of one dollar per bur- rel on crude petroleum. From and alter the passage of thls net the following articles and products shall be exempt from internal tax duty: Animal charcoal or carbOn, Beeswax. Barrels and (tasks other than those used for the reception of fluids, and pack- ing-boxes made of wood ; Bristles ; Collins and burial cases ; , Crucibles ofall kinds ; Crates and baskets made of splints; Crutches, and artificial limbs, eyes and teeth; Feather beds, mattresses, pulliasses, bolsters and pillows; ' Fertilizers of all kinds; Flasks and patterns used by founders; Gold leaf and gold foil ; Keys, actions and string; for musical instruments ; - Lamps fullll lanterns, the glow: and metals of which have paid the tax as- Sessed thereon; _ Medical and mineral waters of all kinds sold in bottles or from fountains; Mineral cool of all kinds: Oaknm. Photographs, or any other sun picture, being copies of engravings or works of' art, when the same are sold by the pro- ducer at wholesale at a price not exceed- ; ing ten cents each, or are used for thei illustrations of" Ilook<.:md ou photographs ’ so small in size that stanps Cannot be affixed; Paper of all charts, and all descriptions, books, maps, printed matter and book- manufacturers from six to five per cent. . Productions of stereotypcrs, lithograph- crs and carvers; Repairs of articles of all kinds; Starch; Soup vuluvtl at not nlmvc three cums pl-l' pound; Umbrellas null pm'usols, null umbrella sticks; _ . ,Valuc oflmlliou usutl in the “unbloc- tuw- of wan-cs, wuli'lles and watch lenses, and bullion l'tl‘t'pill'tr-l for the use of pla- tcrs and wulclunnkezs ; Steel in iguola burs. «heels; plates, coil or wire ; and steel spriogvund axles made and uwd excluschly for vehicles, curs or locomotives; Metallic trickle; Quicksilvu‘, magnesium, almnlunm; Spelter; Copper, lead, and tin, in ignots, pigs or bars; Metallic zinc in ignots or sheets; Rolled copper and yellow sheathing metal ; - Brass not more advanced than rods or sheets; Hulls of ships and other vessels; Masts, spars, and ships and vessel blocks, sails, tents, shades, awnings, and bags, made by sewing or pasting ; Building stone of all kinds, inelllding slate, marble, freestone and soapstone; Burr stones, mlllstones, and grind- stoncs, rough or unwrought; Monuments of stone of all kinds not exceeding in value the sum of one hun- dred dollars; . Roofing slate, slab and tiles , Roman and water cement and lime; Brir-k,‘fire-brick, draining tiles, earth- en'and stove pipes ; ‘ Plonghs, cultivators, barrows, straw and hay cutters, planters seed drills, and winnowing mills ; Hubs, spokes, and felloes, wooden han- dles for agricultural, household, and me- chonical tools and impllments; Mouldings for looking-glasses and pic- ture frames; Quinlne, morphine, and other vegeta‘ ble alkaloids, and phosphorus, tin cans used for meats, fisli, shell-fish fruits, veg- etables, jams and jellies: Hemp and jute, prepared for textile and felting purposes: Yarn and warp for weaving purposes exclusively. Provided, That the exemptions afore- said shall in all cases be confirmed exclu- sively to said articles in the state and condition specified in the foregoing enu- meration, and shall not extend to arti- cles in any other form, from said arti- cles. ' Vinegar; Alum ; Aniline and aniline colors ; Bleaching pow‘ders ; . Bi-chromate potash ; Blue vitriol ; Copperns ; Oxide of zinc; ' Paints and painters’ colors ; Putty; Soda. ash, saleratus, bi-carbonate of soda, and silicate of soda _; Sulphate of barytes; Salts of tin ; Verdigris ; White lead ; Whiting; . Vegetable and animal and fish oils, of all descriptions, including red oil or oleic acid ; ~ Parafiine oil of a specific gravity not exceeding thirty-six degrees Beaume’s bydrometer, the product of a residuum of distillation, crude petroleum,and crude oil, the product of the first and single distillation of coal, shale, asphaltum,peat or other bitlminous substances ; Tar and crude turpentine; Paraffine and illuminating gas manu— factured by educational institutions for their own use exclusively ; Pig iron, blooms, slabs and loops.— Railroad iron rolled, provided that the term rolled shall apply only to rails for which the manufacturer receives pay for re—manufactnring, and not for new iron; ern castings for bridges ; Malleable iron castings, unfinished; Spindles and castings of all descaip- tions made for locks and machinery up- on which dutics are to be assessed and paid ; Railroad chains, railroad,~ boat and ship spikes ; fix-poles, shoes for horses, mules uhd oxen ; rivets, horse-shoe nails, nuts, washers and bolts ; anvils, vices, iron chains, _ancbors, when such articles are made of wrought iron which has pre- viously paid the tax or duty assessed thereon; - Stoves composed in part of cast iron and in part of sheet iron, or of soap stone or free stone, with orwithout cast iron or sheet iron shall have paid the tax or duty previously assessed thereon. The above are the principal features of the bill, which also contains amend- ments to the administrative sections, and reorganize-1 the Internal Revenue Bu- reau. CABPETING l Oa<4°>a Received this day another large lot of Carpeting, from HADDEN & CO’S last great Auction sale. . Brussells Ingrain, Hemp, and Cottage Carpets, RUGS, MATTS, OIL CLOTHS, &c. Many real bargains. March 27th, 1866. C. J. GRU MAN. LINEN. Sl-ll-ZVETING, ' DRESS GOODS, CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, from Auction Bargains. 0. J. GRUMAN. Bargains DRY GOODS, received every week from Auction. 0. J. GRUMAN. o‘.» 1866. JOUVIN’S BEST .QUALITY LADIES KID GLOVES, In full assortment, they are the best Paris made Glove imported in this Country, and the best glove ever sold in Norwalk. 1 shall keep my stock in full assortment at all sew sons. 0. J. GRUMAN. O s-ronn sr-rns All the lots west of the late Store of John A. Wee. , to the corner, are offered for Sale. Ap- . ly22 ply to binding ;\ . l '4; a. n. BYINGTON. low“ . FIRST PREMIUM, d at the Great Fair of the American Institute, 1863, null or the State Fail-s of New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and \Vlsconsin was taken two years. van-W V“ “’"M'Mcctosmn No Wringer can be durable without COg Wheels. 8 sizes from $8 to $45 each. ing and adjustable. The Universal Clothes Wringer, With Cog Wheels. Warranted. Prices, No. 2 $10; No. 11-2 $12; the Family sizes. The instrument has now acquired an es- tablished reputation with the female portion of more than 100,000, households in every part of the loyal United States; a reputa- tion that invites scrutiny and defies compe- tition. Call and take one on trial and satisfy yourself. THEODORE FITCH, . Agent for Norwalk, New Canaan and Da~ nen. ‘ Self-adj ust- Something New! Worktn‘ g Made Easy, BRIGGS EASY \VASHEB. ‘HE Subscriber having purchased of Mr. D. Dayton, So. Norwalk, the right to Manufacture and sell, . BRIGGS WASHING MACHINE, offers them to the public on reasonable terms. I will give any one who wants a Machine, one on trial. If it does not give satisfaction it can be returned. THEODORE FITCH, Agent for Norwalk and vicinity. —r'nstNr-rustnl THE subscriber is now prepared to offer to the public, at his Old stand, as good an z,ssortment of Cabinet Furniture as can be formd in Fairfield County, and at lower prices, FOR CASH, tlian t1. : same quality of goods can be obtained ti. any othe Establishment. The stock consists in part )1‘ Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus, Sofas, Tcte-a—tete Lounges; Mahog- any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt and Mahogany Frame Look- ing Glasses, 80., &c. OOFFIN WAREROOMS ,- where may. be found a full assortment of Cof- fins, which will finished in. the best possible manner, and at short notice. w A hearse will be furnished when de- sired. ' A. RENOUD. Westport, May lst, 1864. Choice and Selected ‘l'eas. 40 CHESTS of Green am. Black .Teas Coffee and Teas warranted to please in price and quality they defy supel'lorlty. A. MOREHOUSE Peed . THE subscriber keeps constantly on hand every description of Feed, which it will be a pleasure to sell to his customers at all times and no growling. A. MOREHOUSE. DUNN’S' LINIMENT, FOR TI. 3 Relief and cure or SPRAINS, BRUISES, rams IN THE CHEST 0R LIMBS, RHEUMATISM, STIFF NECK, SORE THROAT, o R O U P, GLANDURAL SWELLINGS, TOOTH- ACHE,CORNS,BUN- IONS, FROSEN FEET, BURNS, CUTS,SORE- NESSOF THE CHES'l MOSQUITO BITES,BEESTINGS, . AND ALL OTHER cases wanna A menr 18 DESIRABLE Price 35 cts. per bottle. The money refunded to all dissatisfied pur- chasers of Dunn’s Liniment. ' HQYT & BLANCHARD, Proprietors, 215 Fulton St, New York. For sale by H. M. Prowitt. Norwalk. FOIESALE BY H. M.‘ PROWITT. D UNN’S LINIME’NZ has a pleasant and refreshing Odor! W D UNLI‘S LINIJIEN’I will not grease no'r stain 1 Notice. N PRESENTING this article to the Pub- _ lie, the Manufacturers do not sum t that it Will cure eoerytln'ng ; but for the purposes . named, and most other external applications, they have no hesitation in saying it is the Best Article of the Kind yet offered—in evidence of which they can adducc the testimony of those whose intelli- gence and veracity are unquestionable. The publishing of Certificates of the “Won- derful Cures” having been of law looked up- on as a great humbug and as the Public have been so frequently imposed upon by false representations, through which they have lost all confidence in the host of quackeries with which the country abounds, we have concluded that this LIN IMENT, alter a fair trial, niay rest entirely upon its own merits. Its effects might appear incredible but from the high character of those whose experi- ence in its use has confirmed our most san- guine expectations. And upon application at our office we will furnish names of indi- viduals and families who have been greatly benefitted by its use. Keep the bottle tightly corked. ly22 nn.,w.ar.'snma1s's Remedy for the cure of . DIARRHOEA, nvsnnrssv , CHOLERA, AND Cholera Morbus. A purely vcgetuhle compound. A sure and speedy remedy for the above complaints. For sale by ll. M. Prowitt, Agt., BILL HEADS, all sizes, in any quantity Ruled and Printed in the best style, at the llazu'n‘u .lon OFFICE Wedding and V letting Cards, Engraved or Printed, at the Gazn'r'rs: J03 Cards, plain and colored, for sale-
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