Andrew Johnson, ex-President of the United States, addressed his fellow, citizens in Knox County on the 14th of August last, in a speech which was, in many respects, a remarkable one. He told his hearers that the founders of the American Republic had wisely endea vored to frame a constitution which should be a mean between the two ex tremes of monarchy and mobocracy. But now the people were living under “ the most absolute government on the face of the earth. They were governed by a monarchy with 343 heads. He should prefer to have but one, true and wise.” Corruption was pervading the whole machinery of government, and he charged the President of the United States with having received gifts amounting in all to nearly £IOO,OOO during his term of office. What fol lows is very explicit—“ President Grant received a bribe of £13,000 from A. T. Stewart, and, in return, appointed Stewart secretary of the Treasury Hoar, Massachusetts, was appointed Attorney- General, in consideration of the gift of a library, valued at £2OOO. Borie pre sented him with a house and lot (allot ment) worth £BOOO, for which he was appointed Secretary of the Navy.” In denouncing this political profligacy, Mr Johnson dwelt approvingly on the prompt and vigorous punishment with which the House of Oommoms visited its venal Speaker, Sir James Trevor, in 1695, when that functionary was ad judged guilty of a high crime, for having received a gratuity of 1000 guineas from the city of London, and was ex pelled and disgraced. But no such punishment awaited great offenders in the country of Washington ; for the consciences of public men were seared by familiarity with such mis deeds. “ Where are your public morals to be found,” asked the ex President, “ when your offices of trust and respon sibility are bargained and peddled out by corrupt rulers ?” The laws of the country were being violated with im punity, and the bribery and nepotism to' be found in high places were naturally imitated by men in a subordinate posi tion. 