of Publication. roONTY AOITATORie publithtM J| . Mot ntng, and wailea to subscribe:| ; jaai)le price,*)!. I pblbAH' PER ! i. nce , It is intended-to notify (it-e!. • ,hi term (or which he bas paid.ifo h * , he figures on the printed ÜbelVp U« '( . °Tlie paper wilUhen’beotfbjpcjil 'fiw« be received.' Bv a.i', • can be brunghl In.'debt tu tie. | .j, the Official I’oper of. the Cguniy, l ' J steadily increasing circulation reacbr ,ei£bi)urb«)ii jn tUV.Coanty. ,U is sehf * lu any .subscriber witliiu the counlj/ most convenient poet qfficc-rajj.bij, 3 ii«e», papsr intac-l sgOOD BYE .( a etjbll that word can we«» .'t * , hearts of those we love; ' S J,a gently, EofUy breathed, ‘ .' S i whisper from above. . . ,-tJe heart like a furryVwand, 1 -j , e iepbjr’» whispered sieb: ; ; Q s with a radianOe not or eartn, i i | ■' ■oiie Ward, Good Byo. J,; , ~I}"^ BY Bissnt ,om lie lips of the trerab'ing etre, *. -;h ,3.11ns from the mother's eye, -- : f I’d tied speed to their darling som, f ..the a prayer on high. £!' [i,e din of the battle's roar, . >e brave around him lie, iv 10 his heart in cheering tones, v , (Utle word, Good Bye. ‘ ' V ijj, (then weary and alone, iiisWro down to rest, e! tl form around him hovers, iJ'tjel hand in hi* is pressed, 1 i! [hat 'mid the cherub choir -jjrinj; praises to G"d on high, \- r *s in bis ear in loving tones, i gentle word, Good . r ,1-n with glittering toya, J ' '' . ,jd lead him from the rnirro* track, . *uremembered word Mill speaks r Singly tu chide him back. *« ; beneath the starry flog, |!'? lits bit Q down to die, ’ | jUj to those lie lured so well, : * }}i ..gentle word, Gootf Bye- ' • '-i 1 ■ Dollar Neietpaptf. | IS EDDIE, THE) jeniniseence of ’Wilson’s Creek. *■ ? tj; s r petes nsniE. ’,-' ! -J;| I [Jsjs before our regiment receivedi-ti ■ pCen. Lyon, on bis -inarch ; tii - itb the drummer of our company ( ’ isnd oonreyed to "the hospital,,tjt tyj. anin" preceding ‘the day that we vv4Hi i i a negro was arrested within .the jijfej np'and brought before our cnptnfb, tlbim “ what business lidhad wit bill j if He replied, “ I know ailike to enlist in your company! n(Kl’| us to tell you of it." Be vrps imme-j guested to inform the drummer fhatJ aid enlist for our short term of service, j ite allowed extra pay,’and In doithlfsy fe’npon tlie ground early in the dhrn-j iiccgrowas then passed beyond jittij ifollowing morning’ there’ appealed ii • caplfiiu’s quarters, during the Vpa'-j! stereille, a good looking, middle-agel. it-iod in deep mourning, leading IV t| iiiiinrp, sprightly looking-hoy, appn-a aitwehe ur Thirteen years old, ( 11-yS; non told;*’ - Site was from’ Biat S(Vr ■ thre her husband had been killed h «, lain! i,ll their property destroyed - .--! icine to St. Louis in ■ search, of hedj him finding her, and being .destitutes '.the she could prdCUie ii sit rher liny us u drummer for the short in hud to remuin in the servicer she ;-icmplnyinynt for. herself and perhaps, oter by tlie time wo were dischaohp'd.j! pie rehearsal of her story the pttleL, opt his eyes iottfnlly fixed upon, thu; etc of the captain, who was about to icewiuinutinn not to take s.sEintill a -•s he tp-ike out, say ini:, ” pon’t lie Spain, I cun drum.” This- was i fpm iii much confidence that the: captain «ly observed with a smile, “Will, ifeant, tiring the drum, and order- our -u forward.” In a.few momenta the and our filer made his ttpj, 2. « tall, round shouldered, gooa-pa-S from the Dubuque igines/who; b:.n erect, something over six feet ini ; Wn; introduced to his 1 nfew jsl dewnward, with hia hands resting J ln»cs that were thrown forward intis »ujlc, and after peeping inte the little' 'fe a moment, he obseryrf, “ Myi h-t -'tuiynu drum?” “ Yes/sir,” he lev |idrummed for Captain Hill in Yi it* Our fifer immediately commend •iting Utnself upward until all thjs tn-| • ! person had 'disappeared, wbcn-,8 -fife to his mouth and played, l? e ; mof Eiiinborough,” one of .'the inf sts banes, to follow with the drum; 4at; ' r, i ifen eelected, but nobly .din the ; it-. ’Wlo,w him, showing r him to be ain us* When the music, ««'sed. < jr 'breed to the mother., and ohs.eir'vd, bJwill take your boy. What- (s i .is “Edward Lee," aha replied; tiJjh -band upon the captain’s ara, 'Hod, "Captain, if he is not killed- y”_ '•'itcrnal feelings overcame her utp.r- J ibent down .over - her boy •I i 4 °p4n: the foreheads •- A* she api e, " Captain, ypu "vrill bring fit f “ you, won’t you f” ". Yea, yea,’lp lie, Ke "'ill be certain to bring him bi -sk ? shall be discharged im ji* ,° w our company led the Id fa ‘°f carpp, our drum and fife playi )g fr* 'kft behind me.” _ Eddie as i won became a great favorite wily 7" ,n the company. When apy of (bq' . Warned from a -horticultural exc ii\ the peaches anti meli us . “** apportioned out. During tar, ■Matiguipg march' from Rolla to lb 1 11 Was “amusing to see oujr loiig- through the mud with cur Sis er mounle d upon his back—and . la at position when fording strefitis. at \Vi] aon > 8 Creek,TVns t art our company', dh f'|ie. e. ' tt ’. B battery,, while the balance of with a pan of the .Illinois reei tou, ■ 4 0wn into a deep ravine ' ln which if was known, n porf utl ttoj Was eon cealed, with-.whom' they The contest in the ravine Uj* ®e time, Totten suddenly l^T«°^° n *^ a enem y in that quarter, retr6ate d-to the high; grotto), 4i,j lnt3. In less than' tweritwttjtf? hjj,, had driven the enemy,fAijl Wltv WOr d passed from roan, tnl, Han ir ;j! ■m it ; i - r_, to tJjc asjrtrnmou of Ujrof tfvet&omnrib tt)t Spvikti of Reform. VOL, vill. ■:: ff EbbSliOßO. T.IQOA m'STV, PA., WKIINKSIIAY MOfIHNG,.AP}iTI. , , fqtHjnck ujpn SprrngfielH,' while n‘part bfUbv Ib#a lat/and twd‘ : ooh)paniDB ’of the Missouri regiWettt were to catirp 'upon 'the ground ahtj; cover thVrdtreat.the next morning. Thatnight 1 I was-detailed for guard diity; myturn cfguard' >clos!ng with (he morning call. When *1 ire tit pufwith the officer: ns a relief, I found thatrny' post was upon a high eminence that overlooked the deep-ravine in which hur men had engaged (heeneniy, until Totten’s battery came ito their ■ assistance.' jlt wrtk atdrertry, lonesome bfeat.— The moon bad gone-down in' the early part of the' night,-while jthe'stars twinkled dimly through i a hazy atmosphere, lighting up imperfectly ;the isiirrtmriaifigj'objects. OccaSionhlly I would (place my ear near the ground and-listen for I the Sound'ofTnntsteps, but all was silent ercCpt i the far off howling of the wolf; that seeihed to scent flpbn the eveninghir thebjinquetthat we !had ' been preparing for him. ■ The' hours' ! passed-slowjy; away, When at length- the rtorn J ing light began to streak 'along : tbe eastern sky, making surrounding’ objects more plainly' Visible. 'Presently I' heard'a drum beat up the morning eaßif At first-Tthought it came from the camp of the enemy nefoss the creek;' but as I listened L found it came from, the deep ravine ; tor a few moments if was silent, and then, as it btecamir more light I heard it again; I listened —the sound of the drum was famil-* iar to'irie—and I knew thatTt was ; H *1 Our drummer boy from’Tennessee, Beating for help the reveille. I, was about W desert my post to go to his assistance, I discovered the officer of the guard approaching with two men. 1 We all lis tened to the sound, and were satisfied that it was Eddy’s drum. I asked permission tojgo to his assistance. The 1 officer-hesitated, saying that the orders Were to march in twenty min utes. I pfomised to be back in that tinie, when he consented. I’ immediately started down the hill- through the thick un lergmw]tb, and reaching the valley I followed the’ sou’nd of the drum, and soon.found hitir seated upon the ground, his-back leaning against the trunk of a fallen tree, while-his drum hung upon a bush in front of him reaching nearly tu the ground. As soon as he discovered nie, he,; dropped his drumsticks- and exclaimed, “ 0, corporal, lam so glad to see you 1 Give rne a drink,” reaching out his hand for my canteen which was empty. I immediatly turned ito 1 bring him some water from the brook I 1 could hear rippling through the hushes Difar by, when thinking I was. about to leave hijm, he commenced crying, saying, "don’t leave me, cvrpurnl,—l can’t walk.” I was soon has k with-the water, when I distaivored that tan blot” his feet had beep shofawav by n cannon hill, After shu-fying his thirst, lie looked up irjjo my face and said, '‘You don’t think I Wilt <l;is, corporal, lihydn? This man said 1 would imt —'he said the surgeon could cure my feet.” I now discovered a man lying,in the grins roinr ItiiD, tjoad’. By his dregs 1 rerugniz-J hlm-'as belonging to the enemy. If appeared 'hat Jhe had been shot through the bowels, and had fallen near where Eddy lay. Knowing that be j could not live and-seeing the condition of the hoy, he had ciawled to him, took.off his hi skin suspenders, and Corded the little Mhuji’s legs below the knee, and then’ lay down njnd died. Whil- he was telling inn these particu lars, I hoard the.trainpof cavalry coining down the raving, a’ncfln a moment a scout of the en emy was upon us, and I- was taken prisoner. I requested the officer to take Eddy up in front of him, and he did so, parrying him with great tenderness and care, When we reached the camp of the.enemy, the little fellow was dead. It is now about’two weeks since I made my escape from McCullough’s grasp. I have re eulisted for the war. and aa we lire likely to - he in camp for some time; I may write again of other scenes through which I have passed. The "Adventures of “Potomac Jim.” The correspondent of’the New York Times, communicates the following ; 1 I spent three weeks at Liverpool Point, dho outpost of Hooker’s Division, almost directly opposite of Aquia Creek, waiting patiently for the ojdfance of.ioifileft wing to follow up; the anny, becoming, if not a .participator against the dying struggle of rebellion, atleastachriin icler of the triumphs in the march of the Union armv. ; During this time I was the guest of Colonel Graham, of Mathias Point memory, who find brouhgt over from that place, (last November,) 'some thirty valuable chattels. A part of the camp was assigned to them. They built log huts, and obtained from the soldiers many com forts, making their quarters equal tj any in the camp. ' . ■They had friends and relatives. Negroes feel as much sympathy for their friends and kin as,the whites, and "from November to jthe present time, many a man in Virginia has lost ’every nigger, for the camp contains now upwards of a hundred fat and healthy dar kies, in addition to ita original number from Mathias Point. , i One-of the number deserves more honor than, .that accorded to Toussaint L’Ouverture, in |tbe vbrilliant lecture delivered by Wendell Phillips. He is Unquestionably the hero of the Potomac, and deserves to be placed by the side of.his most renowned black brethren. i ■ The name of this-negro, is James Lawsjon,' born .near. Hempstead, Virginia, and belonged to a Mr, Taylor. He made his escape last De cember. On .hearing his pruish spoken by The -Captains of the gunboats on'the "Potomac, I • was rather disposed to admit the possession of all the Qualities they gave him credit for, find thought possibly his exploits had been exager ated. Hi? heroic courage, truthfulness andex-, ,'alted Christian character seemed too rumantic for their realization however, my dopbts nn that score were dispelled, and I am a witness of his-last crowning hot. : , j"-! Jim, after making his escape from Virginia, shipped on hoard of the Freeborn, fiagrgunhbat. Lieut, Samuel Magnw;' commanding. He fur nished Oapt. M.agaw with much valuabie intel ligenoe concerning the rebel movements, and from bis quiet every day behavior, soon won the esteem of the commanding officer. hi: WEILS TERRE ; SHALL .BE A WRONG■ UNRIGHTED, AND .UNTIL, «MAN’S INHUMANITT TO JfAN" SHALL CEASE,; AGITATION MI|ST CONTINUE. ’ { -j w MjITAT ■: 13 in'gtopr through the f4bel fortilicatinnsJmnrS' ti> test| his feliahiiity thiiri anything thermssifln' although fraught with grant dan iger, was executed by Jim in the most faithful mnnnnr. Again Jinn was. gent into Virginia, j landing at the White Hou« e, be h iwMou nf. Ver non, and going into the interior' fur . several. nilles.jencountering theVfire of pichgt guards and-posted sentries,'returned in safety io thjs. and.was brought off in the Captain'd the fire of the rebel musketry, ’* 'tdinrb, under ■ Jita atill.ln man tl hut it Jim pt fiermif Virgin family i had ii wife and four children at that "Virginia. They belonged to the same lint Jim did; ha was anxious fn pet them, seemed impossible. One dnyin January, Erne tolheCaptain’s room and ashed forj Esion to be landed that evening on' the iiaaide, as he wished in bring off his ,“Why, Mapaw, “how tju 1)0 able .to pass the pickets ' tfan’t to'try. Captain'; (I .think I can.goj ter safely," reptied'Jlm. ell, you hare my permissiiln'-'yrind Capt. a - ordered one, of the gunboats to hind fat night on whatever part of, the'shore and aoturn for .him the follow ening.„, , ; •" e’to his appointment, Jitn was at the spot tis, wife and family, and were, taken gn the gunboat and brought over to Liver-, hunt, where Colonel Graham had given will y< “fa ’em ov Magayy Jim .tbt Jim’ di ing bye . With h board pool P them Tog ’house' to live in,'just back of his. carters- - Jim ran the gauntlet of the. own sentries unharmed, never ; taking to the roads. Lot keeping in the woods—every foot-path of Iwhich, and-’almost every tree, he knew from his bnyhoijjd up. Sevdral .weeks, afterward another recohnqis sance was planned, and Jim sent up ify Hi) re ; , turned in safely, and was highly complimented by Geiricrnls Booker, Sickles, and the entire flotilla On '’hysdayf, week ago, it became riecessary to obtc in correct information of the enemy’s movements.’ Since then, batteries at Shipping ftnd .Ciekpit Points had been evacuated, and their troops moved to Fredericksburgh. Jim was th|i man picked out for the occasion, by Gen. Sickles and Capt. Magaw. The General eame.cjown to Colonel Graham’s quarters, about 9 o’clock in the evening, and sent for Jim.— There (were present the General, Colonel Gra ham, ami myself* Jim came into the Colonel’s. “Jiii,” said the’Genera!, ‘T want you to go over to Virginia to-night, and find out what forces hey have lit Aquia Creek and Fredericks burgb. If you want any men to accompany yon, pick theni out.” “I know tiro oieh that would like logo,” Jim answered. ‘•Wall; get them, and bo hack as’soon as nos sihk‘.”i ’ _ Awry went Jim over to the contraband eamp, and reluming st 1 must immediately,.brought in to our presence two very intelligent looking d.yikic-., /'Arhyou all ready?” inquired the, General. ready, sir,” the trie responded. ““Well, here, Jim. you take my pistol,” said General Sickles, unbuckling it from his belt, •'and if vuu are successful, I will give you SIOO.T Jim hoped he would.be, and bidding us good bye, s orted off for the gunboat SaicliCe, Ciipt. Foster, who landed them n’shut t distance below the Pi tom-io Creek ‘Batteries. They were to ri-turttf early in thf> morning, but were unablei L fnmi the great distance they went into the ii , tenor. Long before daylight on Siturday ing, the gunboat was lying off the appoint t.ce'. As the day dawned, Cupt. Foster cered a mounted picket guard near the i and almost at the same instant saw Jim 1 left of them, in the woods, sighting his i: the rebel cavalry. He ordered the “gig” manned and rowed to the shore. The i moved along slowly; thinking to inter : it) bolt, when Foster gave them a shill i scattered them. Jim, with only one of liginal companions, and two fresh con nds. came on board. Jim had lost the . He bad been challenged hy a picket some distance in advance of Jim, and the , instead of answering the summons, fired intents of Sickles’ revolver at the picket, s an unfortunate occurrence, for at that re entire picket guard rushed out of - a I house near the spot, and fired the con rf their muskets at Jim’s companion, kilP' a slim tents t ilni instantly. Jim and the other three Aimselvea iti a hollow, near a fence; and tjhe pickets gave up pursuit, crept through pods to the shore. From the close proz pf the rebel "pickets, Jim could not dis < light, which w&e the signal for Foster to ing In hid rh after ij the we imity i play o{ send d boat. Copt. Foster; after hearing Jim's story of the shoucijug of bis companion, determined to avenge his death ; so, steaming his vessel close in to ibe shore, he sighted his guns fora'burn, where the rebel cavalry were hiding behind.— He fired two shell—one went right through the barn, {killing four of the rebels and seven of their horscs. Capt. Foster, seeing the effect of bis shots, said to Jim, who stood by: “Well Jim, I’ve avenged the death of poor Cornelius," (the name of Jim’s lost companion.) i Gen. Hooker has transmitted to the War De partment an account of Jim’s reconnaissance to Frejderieksburgh, and unites with the army and njivy stationed on the left wing of the Pu tojmo, in the hope .that the Government will present Jim with a fitting r"&HPpense for his gallant services. Tfad thought of losing this conscious life, of hnving this bright flame go out, and existence buried down deep in the grave of feiidless'hight is appalling. The mear possibility of annihi lation! to a sensative spirit, to a heart gushing with affection, to a mind filled with pure, desire and nmblo aspiration*,as horrible... Even with, the repealed promises of ■ a life .to 4 come, we shrink from the Imzzards of the grave. We fear to olosio our eves in death, lest they; may, never open again. We fear to oast off the last rope that holds Vs to tbeshnre of time, lest some un knnwt storm may engulf us, in' the ocean of annihilation. best ornament of a country, is the sight The rvj-rjjrrj -f u,u J-l. ■-? x x A .PORTOTSATE KISS. : The following pretty little. ftory is,., narrated By Fiederlck Bcemer,.whu voujhes.for its truth-,. Tolnesis Ll - ! ' ■ ' J j lu the University of-Opsabi, in Sweo’deh. lived |aJfilMU? student., a noblevoiHh,,wt)h great live jfpr his studies, hqt without the, means of pur jsuing I hem. "He yhs poor, without connections. Still he- studied, living in great' poverty. hut keeping "(lT.cheerful; heart. His goodhomor imnde him beloved by nil his fellow students. One day be was landing on the square with some of them, when the attention ofthe'young, men became arrested by n young find- elegant lady, who, at the side of iin.elder olie was walk ing oven the.place. It whs the only daughter; ,of the Chnernor of tipsala* and the liidy hv,l|6r side'was the governess. She-was generally known for her goodness and gentleness of char acter and 10-iked hit .with; admiration by all;the students. As the jouog;men stood looking at, her as she passed, one of them exclaimed : “Well it would be worth something to llavh : ft'kiss froui such a inodth." , ’ The poor student, the hero of our story, who looked on that pure angelic face, exclaimed, as if by inspiratfon— 1 “Well 1 I think I could hare it 1” "What I” cried his friends inti chorus, “are you crazy-? Do you. know her?" ' . “Not ut all !” hq answered, “but I think she Vohld kiss me now if I nsked’hef." “Whiiti in this place before our e^esf” •Tn tbia.place,, before your eyes.” ‘ Freely ?” “Yes, freely,*’-., ‘ Woll, if she will give you a Itlsa in that mariner, 1 will give yon a thousarid-dollafsd” exclaimed one of the party. ' ! “And I,” —"and I,” exclaimed three or four others; for it so-happened that several rich young men were in the group, and the hefs'rnn high on s ii improbable ah event. The challenge was made and received in less; time than vie: take, to teil-uf ib ; Qnr hero (my authority tells not whether he Was Handsotne : 'or plain ; I have mj peculiar ideas,for beli'ving that he was ‘rather plain hut singularly good looking at the same time,) im mediately walked up to the young iady and said: '■ : 1 . “Mine fraulin, my fortune is now in your hands.” .She looked at him with astonishrnenf. hut ar rested her steps.—He proceeded to state ids namu and condition, his aspiration, and related simply and truly,' what hrd just now passed be tween himnnd hrs-cmrndes. :The young laojj' listened attentively, and nt his cea-iug to speak, she said blushing, but with great sn i ctne-s : j “If by so little!n thing so much good can bo effected, it would be foolish for mo to refuse your reqoe-t;” and publicly ,in the square she kissed Inin. Nest day the student was sent for by the Gov ernor. He w ind'd to sec the man who dared to seek a kiss from his daughter in Unit way, and whom she Iniil consented to kiss so. Tie received him with a scrutinizing bow, hat after an hour’s ■Conversation, was so pleased witli him that he .ordered him to dine at Ins ta ble during his studies ut'Op-ala. Our young friejid pursued his studies in a mariner whiuh soon made him regarded as the utdst ij: itiiising student in the University. ' . Three years were now piikmd, sinee the day of the first kiss,'when the young man al lowed tit give a sqcond one to the daughter of the Governor, ris his intended bride.’ He became, later, one of the greatest schol lars in Sweeden, and ns much respected for his acquirements, us for his character. His works will pndoie while lime last*, among the works of science ; and from this happy union spring a fondly well known' in Sweeden even at tlte present time, and whose wealth and high posi tion in society arc regarded as trifles in compar ison with its wealth of goodness .and love. “ Give us This Day our Daily Bread.” . In the nelghhoth aid of Vienna, there lived a young peasant woman who supported ligr self by the oudure of vegetables fur cite Vten nv market. She was a widow, still young and handsome, having hut one child—a little girl who was ju*t oldjenoitgli to run about and pl-iy with the other children in the neighborhood. The handsome mother was desirou* of a sec ond marriage; indeed she had already set her heart upon a young man who ocensiouly visit ed her, arid vvhuae-proposifion of marriage she was now beginning impatiently to await. But, it uid tint come. ~ A suspicion crossed, her mind, that the ob ject in the way of his proposal was perhaps— Iter child. The struggle in her mind was a fierce one, but slip finally resolved that this ob stacle should be removed—she would make way with the child ! Beneath her house was a deep cellar where she usually,stored her vegetables. Taking her little daughter by the hand one day, she led it down to the cellar, and thrusting it in, closed the dour, lucked it and hurried.-upstairs. The same evening her lover came ns nsual They supped < together—obatted together—hut no mention was made of the little absentee. Twenty-four llonrs passed, and the mother crept softly dowri stairs, and listned at the door. The quick ear of I the child caught her mother’s step, and she . implored her to take her not of that dork place—she was so cold and so hun gry'- ■ ; ■ The. mother made no answer, and crept qui etly up stairs again. Soon the lover came ; they, supped together, and passed a social even ing.' r Another twenty-four hoars passed,, and the mother made a ,second visit to the cellar.— Again the hula sufferer,heard her, and with fee ble voice begged, for a <rust of bread—just -one. The mother’s heart faltered fora moment— but she rallied again and left the little one to it* fate,i Another day passed. ■ The mother crept qui etly down stairs and . listned. AM woa silent. Sits opened softly- tbs door—tbs child was dead. - ..no;' j OR. ling, the pfighbnra. together—'telling; them that Imr-idiihu had diiid. - • ‘ £ s The- second; day after there was a funeral.— i The.chi/d its cuffin bestrewn with fiow- the, Uttle playmates in the tieighbl'-rliood, X-h? procession moved toward the quiet Gntler-acfar {God’s acre) where wan to he nliMttedl t)iia litlio seed of an immortal flowerJ The mother stood looking down upon the grave.'over which theholy ntari began with sulenir vniee-jto repeat. - “ Oqr Fathler. whn' art in Heaven, hallowed he thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; Thy will he done on earth ns it is done in Heaven. Give ns .this devour daily bread.” Al piercing cry, and the mother staggered arid fell to the earth. Tim hy-standera ran to her—plishd Her—when looking wildly around, slip related in cha'acd and'gibberingaccents. to the shuddering thrimg rirourid the grave; the very deed she. hud cemmitted. , , . : ' Theyjhorelhcr away. Glared and stiiittcn by the 1 hand of God, she did not long survive, hu: inis'erahK- died—an instance of the swift retribution of the great Avenger, mid ah ap 1 palling lesson upon the words, “ Give us this day our daily tread t” ..The Democratic Party end Slavery. MTrsn EP.OII "OCCASIOSAI." IS TSE PHILADELrUtA ' r i. pngss. ' i WisnixcTON, March 25. 1802. * *■ * If the sermons that Time might preach on llie suh,cct of slavery cou)d bo pfenchet, what i story these set mens yvould tell ngni ist the leaders of the democratic par ty 1 At present, those who cl tint to he the lea dertvof- i hat once great organization, are lost between their own mad lunging for the |iower they lime abused, and at, almost unconcealed sympntfy with the set-session traitors* who helped I lem abuse it. In tills maze they easi ly forge their own records, cntly and late,. The reliance of these leaders' iir upon the tupposed ignorance of'tile masses they have so long de ceived. I . ’■! ! *r * * History, which is the torch-bearer to Time, is a most eloquent commentator, and one of [his best texts is the record of the de tnocraqv upon the slave question. The democ racy hits hebn the nui'cr'y and the sclitml of hostility to slavery. Not only the old apostles, hutnnjstof the new one's, have either smarted litis sejntimont or have-followed somebody wjn. did start it. The whlgs were t ever ns (ready or ns ijapid to see the arrogance and shame ol slavery ns the deniocrncy ; and this mayi Lo a const quepce of llie differing' sy atoms of the two old parties—the demoeVuts being full of progrej-s and inquiry,'the whig* full of Contact with t|e old order of tilings, so that they (night not he called upon to take llie task of thinking outside of their lender*. Following this} train of thought, yon will see that if Jcffersotl was the opponent of slavery, evi n in his owni state of Virgin! t, his disciples, the rankest democrats of succeeding generations—lie n ton, Van Buren, Silas Wright, Francis R.’Slmnk, William! Leg gett, William U. Bryant, Hannibal II imlili and Benjamin Tapoait, not to mention the men ol the pro* cut and very recent petiods—hdja ta ken the same course. ' • The vditgs of tlte free states, have generally acted w lit these men, because of.llteir inher ent dislike of the democracy ; hut the (Jetmt orats, w:to left, or fpuglit their- party inj the slave’issue, gave to their new views, a-s'erti-d unddr SO ritany trials, intense emphasis!. In very few cases hate tint nnti-shno deiiotcrncy ’ been alnjlitioni.-ts ; they were always practical | and coni(»on-sense men, and bein', 1 liavoj been I the mostleffective opponents uf the slave, bar ons. Tlje incidents litat have maiked llitlir in depentlei ce of the dpinnciatiu oiganizntitln, he-, ctn-e tl.it oigari'zaiii ti refused to 1 -teo|v ttie shackles of the slavi h ddets anu their jtoofs, Jrotn Julia C. Cdhoun, in Junes Buchanan, are full of significance, ami deserve to he potwiered hv all tin iighlful and coiiscieot'ous men.! : ’ . . I 1 The re! i-tancc of the nullifiers to Gdi. Jack son's prm laination was the fatly outi rqpping of the Ma ie despotism, and made a ho«t ofjent- Ocrats fu(s of‘the prculiar in-titution. ' Tlte overthrow of Marlin Van Burcn in Hie election of 1840, ly-tlic aid of southern elcctjornlwotes, j and hie defeat for the noiniiiation in iB44iin the , Baltimore Convention' by souther and ' the leniov it nf Francis P. Blair from the or ganshipof the Washington Globe the old mouth piece of tl e radical democracy, each anil all being so many .evidences of the growing and exacting S{ h it of the slave power, traiisftinned hosts of democrats into anti-slavery propagan dists : and while these aggressions setVeji to the slave influence, they weakened at in the free North and Northwest. ) I The annexation of Texas, succeeded by the iwar with Mexico—both supposed to be, and intended tj he, southern triumphs-^-have. practical northern advantages, ns proved to h the result will show.; for Texas will heticefor rwtird he the grave of slavery, ns Mexico must become the promised land to the free and dis franchised (colored races. Following ithese, came the compromise measures of 1850. in which the South hist intensely by the intoler- ance of Calhoun in the S-nate, and the 'defeat of Davis in Mississippi. Jhen came theFTi-peal - of the Missoni i Compromise and the subsequent violation of the act of Congress that abrogated it, in the scandalous proscriptions and ityran nies in Kameis, and the removal t f Reeder, un der the joint influence of. Jefferson Davis and Calab Costing. ' Every step of thaslaveholdSgt in thesurfifteen years, supposed by them to Tie an advance, was, in fact, a - drawback, and when, at last, James Buchnrian snught to complete these se ries of aggressions, itt the L"coinpt(in and Eng lish hills, thtj bonds of .party were stiddenly hissed, and thousands who had denm.ngl-d tin ■ Republicans ins enemies of the South.’ found themselves enirneslty ce-operating with (hem it a common crusade against that infamous amt treacherous man. Long hefoto the tyranny of Buchanan culjminaied in the atrocitiesr which made war inevitable, Douglas and leaders and thinkers for millions of democrats jn the S <ulb ami the’ North,“found ihemseton-- oqting With“ tl|e Republicans ; and when tin Rates of Advertising. : Advertisement: will bo charged $1 penquare of IS Uief/ono or threclusertioxit. nbd 26 ctjfiis fb T ©*®l7 8 1 bsequen tif i scrtl vq . AdvertificiDOßt* of !esj| tl i& 10 Hues oyuaidered bsr square. The subjoined bi charged fur Quarterly, Jiali-Xearly aadYeariy ad* vcrtUomeotfi; : 3 MONTHS. 6 MONTHS. 12;JfOKTfif $3,00. $4,60 16,00 6.00 6,50 i 8,00 ; 7.00 ‘8,50 i 10,00 Square, . - 2 do. i column, - • 8,00 9,60 i 12,60 J do. ~ - 15,00 20,00: . 30,00 Colnmn, - - . 25,00 35,00 . | 60,0 t Advertisements not having thenumbi'rof insert ice* { desired marked upon them, will ho pablißhediualil or. | dered oat and charged accordingly. J ! Posters, Handbills; Hill-Heads, Letter-Heads andsll t kinds of jobbing jjpnc in conntry establishments, ex. ‘ eouted ncatly and promptly. Justices’, Constable's, and other.BLANKS constantlyon hand. . i $O. 35. nihility of ihe tv art upon the authorities of the events to which 1 have referred. j ' litre is unrlhU'enged and unanswerable his tory. He who rentis it carefully need have lit*, tie doubt an to the future. Above all, he should avoid being ini-led by the deluson that jtho de mocracy are’ now, as on former occssions, the puhrtiians and exponents of'slavery. jit this moment there is not nn old democratic; states*n man, at least, among the survivors of the Jack sun school, in the loyal states, who is not tbe r conscientious fo6 of the slave oligarchy.! I need only mention, in proof of this assertion, such names ns Robert J. ‘Walker. George Bancroft, Daniel S- Dickinson, David Tod, W. P. packer, Andrew Johnson, Amos Kendall, Martin Van Buren.’ ami Francis P. Blair, to give the reader something worthy of reflection and self-exam* ination. Occasional. [To. those names we may odd. that Forney.—Eds. Eve. Post.] . Got. Sprague on Slavery. Gov.Sprague, who is being supported parties for' the Governorship of Rhode has issued, an address in' which he saye It is n superficial view, therefore of tl ent national, crisis, which supposes,tl conflict can end and leave tliings as i them.’ *' * We must cross this flood that swells am or abandon the national hopes of our future. The issue already made betw pression nnd liberty mast Le fought oal end now, or refought 'hereafter, and j under aggrivatcd circumstances. Slavi established, and the same consequences tiall.v waAild follow again. * * “There is really no possible hopeful end t» this conflict hut the end of slavery.,, There It no such easy escape from ournational t ambles as some seem to imagine—no prospect of the war being short but by being useless, or else by .being radicle arid determined, and, I may odd, in regard to false principles, mo?t spar ingly,- To purpose; therefore, that the! Onion shall survive and its glory and power; be tri- i umphnntly restored and perpetuated, is virtu ally to doom slavery to speedy The preservation of the Onion arid the destruction of Slavery are inseparable; aye, now; and ho who .votes for the one necessarily votes for the other. * * * * I * “I have not thought it necessary to show that, under existing circumstances, tro are released from all legal or moral obligation to longer tolerate slavery in the land, if the safe ty of'the nation demands its extinction. The ca«e is too plain fur doubt. “The permission of slavery in the constitu tion. if such there be, ns asserted and generally admitted, is only implied, and nowhere express ,ly declared. That instrument seems tb have been made in anticipation of a better and none ju-t time to come. The framers must have intended that when slavery should be done away the constitution should still remain; and that with this national progress and Exter mination of evil, the language of tbecoistitu turn should become even now more appropri ate, and this highest law of ,a notion where freedom and justice and^equal rights lire the inheritance of every abide'in its; right eousness forever.*’ \ I A Sensible Letter.— The-following is said to be. part of a letter a Louisiana Hajorj tl> hil sister in New Orleans, picked up at the battle bf Pea Uidge, Arkansas: rf “Dear Sister Carrie: You asked me In your ln>t letter what I thought of the prospects • of our dearly beloved cause. To bo crthdid, I have very little hope for its success now, though, last December J felt confident wo would |bo reo oenized by the coming. June. I don’t like the Yankees a bit; I have been educated to hats them heartily ; but- I must acknowledge the South has been sadly mistaken in their char acter. We,have always believed that life Yan kees.would not fight fur anything like a|princi ple; that they had no chivalry, no poptry, in their nature.' Perhaps (hey have not; t|ut that they ale brave, determined, persevering, the/, h tve proved beyond n question. i “ The tmublj with them is that they nevef get tired of anything. They lost all the battle*, at first, and after Manassas we despised them.. Th ,s year has inaugurated a new order of af fairs. We have been beaten at all points. We do nothing hut surrender and evacuate; and while I hate the Li no mi tea more than ever, I respect them-—I can’t help it—for their dogged obstinacy, and the slow hut steady manner i» w hicb they carry out their plans. “ I lime lost heart in our cause. There' i» somethin); wrong somewhere. Jeff. Davis and nor political leaders are cither knaves hr fools. They drew us into our present difficulties, and now they .have no way of showing us out of them, ! If the South bad known what would have leen the result of secession, no Stats, unless S"ii>h Carolina, would have gone out of tbs Union. We all thought we could go out is peace; I know I did, and laughed at |the ides of the North attempting to keep us in the Union by force of arms." 1 ' I EEMOCBATIO PEXHCIPLEI We hear a great deal said at thoprcsentUsaV about Democratic principles, hut we have as yet seen no statement cf wlmtihosa principles are supposed to embody, n rich what application is proposed to he made of llicm in thelesistipg crisis. Democratic principles are priced and be-praised l>y the opposition, hut, we have yet seen no line of policy marked tiiiihy those who are so much in love with these principles. It is true tiiat they generally are engaged in a fao> tious opposition to the Government,; but still they claim to he loyal, and 1 only ask for ft re turn to Democratic principles. We kpow of a Jeffersonian Democracy which wns patriotic, and embodied principles of great value, and we know of a Democracy which was sustained and upheld by Buchanan, Floyd, Breokeoridge, Jeff. Davis, Mason, and others of that class, whose practices'and principles have culmina ted in the present rebellion, but which set of principles those individuals claim who are i ! I of Mr. by all island. he pres -1 at tbii' in found 1 foama, ;lorion* een op* i to tha lerhapa ;ry, te* eseen*
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