use CHRONICLE Volume Tffl., Hnmbf 28. Whole Number 392. H. C. HICKOK, Editor. 0. N. WORDEW, Printer. LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY, PENN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1851 LE WIS B rillimvipT V LEWISBUlll' CIlllUl Lil; . . . . . ., I9$uea on irawK " ; . 11.7..-. .v. OTiiramnt fir i .ruiMiui , -A .....,iivfiilvnM 1 if nil,! within tlin-e nntntha; fiu" if !''' l"n iiiivn councj, ti T4 if pi within tiin-e nntntiiK; i-m u pma wuuin rr.u'mw. &ri.tio,1.f.'.rn...nth9or.t, -. i. .ham ni.tntnal WllU U ru!.lilirr, rin-ia wnn tlir r limm.nra linnl-nniflv in-rti-J t M -nt per u nt .Jini no, fourth f a milium. lu Jf.r. M pa.nl In a-ivancr. iii-vm" i JOB WOIIK " raauai i rut B. within th iwuai of rty r H-cU.iin r.mt. t All lettw must -or p.t-ui'l. mcnimpaim-d ! 1- Ml addrns of the writer, t tnrive tt.-uli..n. li'llw lalstiiic -.-lusii-lv t.. tlie E iitoriml Ik-iirliii.'iit. t.. U- di Mrtrd to ll C. HiraiiK. K, tjiiVT aud those on ba.iu.-M to . S. Wmhs. yi.r. Oflir. on Mark. t Mnxt, betw.-n x mn.l an.l Tliinl. nirr th. !VHtJ)m.y. N. W.tlthKN. IT-i nrtor. THE CHRONICLE. SATIKDAY, OCT. 4, 1851. In publishing the two following ,,,,. wit. i. no it will not be tin - inmiHu . --"'- 1 - derstood that we endorse them. c have not, during our connection with the " Chron- cle " wilfully deprived any man or party of .. i . i r -,i.; ai p y. , j the attacks of James K Linn, J , upon lion. Joseth Casey and Henry L. Iliekok, ! Esq. (the former of whom a candidate: for office, and therefore a proper subject for' public discussion, and the latter or whom is a r.imlii ate. and tuerclore ni a suu- ... a f . .1, ject for discussion) we take the liberty of , . Lawyers may say of each other, '.!,.-, aionally: 1 lie- are all accustomed to uaru knocks, but seldom go beyond words. It ' may do the candidates good, to be told of ....... , . tlicir luDrmnies, anu crreirs; auu .u icei ' 1 .! confident when "all is over, they will; ' kiss, and be friends" again. j One word more, and we dismiss the: matter. It hns been currently reported in ' Lcwistown, that but one lawyer in Union ' county supported we "can learn the nrnptionflrs a:t the remmaing our reauei.i, . ucwspapcrs instead 01 oemg wliere ne ought ; 01 ton years lias proved Judge V llson to poor who are honest and industrious, are old, and with a blow, takes away the life j ihe Grrmans, and Hie Waldenses on "Alpine dent rjtirit in the matter may be readily ac-j to have l.ccn, attending to the interests of , be, and thereby put the veto on a man that i the persons that the great mass of our cit- nf tie pastor Tue muj-Jcc, ;s puri;suea moontaina cold," because they had left the counted for by the fact that hc is a pcr&.nal, his clients. U hen he made Lis appearance y.m know but little aUut, except his char-; i'-e-ns have the most confidence in. Icon- , ... ., , J , , holy Mather church;" and that the, .till Per WW, and We..W opponent of Mr. -avonug to get a continuance and aeter for po itieal inconsistency ; which I ! cur with you, Mr. Editor, that in electing J""? ' . ,f , 6 cute in so,,., place, .hen the, have poer. Ne. Ca.scy and i, to be rcptrded as a "special f;''Vv.ng Lrough the suit . a the , cave politician., to talk about-and who ; Judges for the Supreme Court, wo ought murdered ...an nustpay a the costs, J iij,auu iswuiufc 1 ; name of the wrong party, be took a non-: has given no extraordinary ev dence, du- t to 1 mk to politics, but to the best men. tje defendant s not excepted! ' hnn. o.i.r. p 1; . 1 1- ,1 r r pleader" andnotasa-judge' inthematter it ani, the cmn d tl0 jury to rig his short residence in'this county, of I believe Judge Lewis is a man who omjht ! Again. The "smart, active, likely'' Z ZZ The "Ed. Chron." is now absent and w.l , , ,e great delay of a " Suitor," and oppres-, a character for legal acumen or integrity to be elected without distinction of party, ' quwfroon servant of a brawling rowuin j frull perhaps tb.nl ,t proper to rop ly on t,.e next nt.f a who caused the , hat ht him for the ofi.ee he asp.rcs ,t, ,and that the eouhty knows and wroe.atos Washington, becomes a Christian. He diced B.p.U.s L preaching ,h. Word of the pac But we hope our readers most of as it Judge llson or the " Ld. .and is small enotigh to go around the I) s- his worth. A WHIG. ' V, t 1 - r 1 a.im,.hi. i- ji vi .ij - paec. ui we 1. 1 . t Ch." However, there is a palliation in triet to beg votes lor. The President Jud-e- .ti r ... 1 . appLes to llev. Dr. Junkin for admission Alneb,y t-d! Not lonS since, Judge. whom happily know the comba t-nU wcl . h j , a ansceI11, J , f"Tlie writer of the abavc is a true iut0 tl0 presbyterian church ; and be is w,n'"d at all mobs .hen pelting Methodists, and not feel alarmed at what rampant - His favoriteeamlidat.. under the 'and should bo cr...rA . i"' va,Z anJ personal friend of Judge Lewis, ,v 01 l., 1,;, ,fl U(o T.. "ntd -Churchmen" sneered at them fov . . . , , . , iircscin lacuiimeiii. Mr. Casey I Asnonra,r lliaii can, ana even the productions facts, ven of the tirte of tne ?iicct r.fcrrcj to, d.re not say oi.e bar of Union cocnty, sup- word against the moral charaetcr t f Judge m . 01 I ' port Mr. Casey; mrer v,iessrs r.eer, VanGecr and Linn,) oppose Mm; Mr. Swineford's) opinion is not nd the twelfth is Mr. C. himself. Other Chron. Tot the Lewisburg Chronicle. Mr. Tforden: Being indebted to your , list numbered fifty-eight. After disposing iir. . OI urn . jfi.iui: - ' , j ( ilt 11-11-1 1 i ; mil iiiiuaiii uiivmifia iu uwiu'i uio .iiv. 1 -? Ln....,c...:..;n,i;.i;r'imsc- irlnoli of tlieiiwek-ea .ire a i that would risk li IS 'offal reputation by! 1 .ii'iil,. in nnr Titner bv a lawver. a I ...... . - . canaor ana sense oi jhhiw uacmiw ........ ...v.....,, ... . . , ... .. - ii -j - ne is bron-'ht lie tore a Justice of tue in publishing articles in order that truth ; sufficient evidence of a shallow mind. Jt-nymg the correctness that decision ? j )emoerat mA a mcmber of a peabaptist p !lo ' rv ZJelv savt To bl It y . , . i f ...t Ti. nli'.nptinn but. has been brn't 'I am sure no parent would say the decision ! . . ... ... .., t eace, t ho ery gravely says, lobe " and nntcousness may ua.c hit v.i.io , m. . , . i . . icliurcu. as a real otiiecuon to one canaiuaic, .. ..... , . i. ,V.n.nV, vnnr columns to state asainst Judse r. is that hois slow. From 1 was wrong. I happened to be present at ; , ' J ., . , ' sure, the parent is a little wrong, and must ! day i ... -i.,.;..i.. ti..., I ,1,;..V- , verv 1 what has been said, this charze is palpably the trial, and heard of no complaint when not a guil-trap to eaten votes .or anotn-, Jo - g i vnriohteons attempt on the part of the I unfounded. Judge Wilson it is true lets , l"e Oecis.on was given ; but on the contra- er. AM we nave yet to nnu tne urst man, , , giye aQ hom.. ounty Commissioners-" A Suitor and no case pass through lus hands without a ry ... - uuge was .j.piauueu ior uie inae-, Ltemocrat or nig, rcaooaoust or r.;,pust, ., pf a , man in t,10 par, Tax-payer," and the Ivlitorot tne Chrom-; careiui examination; wiueii nas ueen eon- i -r - . ... v who, witn a lull Knowieuge oi nu tne cir- , j scntence vou to Dav nil the On cnterin" . " ... !.- v.-ni r.t n tl. ln.l and besides he was called on bv a rommittee . ... r .t ,i . ana 1 mUsC sentence you to pay a-i tne vu t-uitnn0 cle, to mate an udjum, aim in uinu.s: .... ;t r . e l Icumstances ol tne exse oi nau vs Arm- . raan i , impression on the public mind, with respect science as evidence of his being slow., for a P'' , , e t. . . , T , Al, imlieial career of the President There is a difference between trying a case ;1 he Rev. Dr. ayland, President of the strong, endorse, the sentence oi me uoun Ono of a band of thieves in New York cause his dress, Judge (f this Judicial District. i hurriedly, and having it reversed by S. C. j Brown University, one of thc most learned ; puuishiug Hall lor tut. outrage oi ;irm- a full.gr0WI1) gtout loy agpd j proclaimed hi When J udge Lewis left the bench at hence to retry it-on thc one hand ; and , of the Baptist denomination, after reading strong .20 fc a;imoni;ihe(i by a strcct niissiolia. my entering February Term 112, the i.ssue list of . on the other giving it a careful and thoro the decision of Judge Lewis, came out ho "caw stated by Judge Lett to Pr. , ,'. d , resol ves' drained and a z. . J ..... ;. c. 1 .1 . ... llliilir Iik nun viirn.il.ir. nr. if : iv.,n,l -ind other" was not tllrt ITI 1SS1IO. 'J alu l,m "'""fc ait-aini, icsui.es . I nion t ountv numberen iorty-two causes. ; ciamiuaiiou at ursi, aim musum u B.....tt . ... . . , 4 nion county num 4,f ;':. ti.; .T,1i. W nW!! nn.l the ron-ihearty approval. I am well acquainted ! TI.. f the J,W is. that steal no more, is enrolled on a list of ,mg to oh AlBt'Plr 11TUI, IUU !lHli w m. - 1 - .... , , ,X . ----O" of a number of criminal cases in four days! versed by the B.C. than those of any of very wonny man. i,ut in , ins over anxi- . TcV Uhat until t, arc r.t l,it Term Judire AVilson tried and , the neighboring Juiges. Sometimes, as ,y to make accessions to his church, ho -' IptSl of &n cauJ, of the issue list,! in a late case, when the Supreme Court committed a mistake by immersing tUe j twen y-onc full y f decuiion and for want of more causes to try, dis-1 overrules all former notions as to the law minor daughter of Dr. Armstrong without which strikes at the root of liberty of con onisscd thc Jury on Thursday of the first j of Contract, turning the case of tkefuffi?- the approbation of her parents. Dr. science in tho case of a large proportion week; leaving upon the issue list just the . mrnt of a contract into the case of a simple Armstrong, feeling that the parental in- j 0f our population;) and that persons tcach ganic number of causes that it had at Feb- ml- of goods ; hc is reversed. Also in anoth- ( j unction was disregarded, became excited, j inT ,uch pcl.sons against the wishes of their ruary Term, 1842, when Judge Lewis's, cr late case where one of tb .counsel stated ,and in the excitement of the m , b, . h gh f Tn.lii ial term expired. Contrast these facts intended to be proved, differently from threats towards the Rev. Mr. Hall, which i 1 tu ' , . . r facts with the sUte of thin-s in Xorthum- what they turned out in fact to be, hc was induced the prosecution. After thc whole costs, and tmpruonmatt in the event of berlind county. When Judge Lewis left the Bench there in 1S42, the issue list numbered thirty. Through the adminis trations of Judges Donnel and Anthony thc list rapidly increased, and under thc present acknowledged efficient President Judge, the list at April Term, 1851, num bered one hundred and three, and at thc last term was about one hundred and twenty-three, at which term there was not -a single civil suit tried. But this still does ot present a fair view of the progress of litifration in tne two counties, it. is true that some fifteen years ago there was a i considerable increase of business in Nor- thumberlaud county, owing to disputes arising out of the coal interests ; but it is well known that Judge Lewis (who is now a candidate for, and after the first of De cember next, will without doubt, as the interest of Pennsylvania demands, be a Judge of the Supremo Court,) bctore hc left the Bench disposed of nearly all thc questions arising out of that species of lit igation; since which there has been no ex traordinary source of litigation in that county. Far otherwise has it been trith I Vion county. About the time of Judge Wilson's appointment, by a special act of Assembly, thc whole batch of law suits arising out of the Cowdcn and Shultz estates was transferred from Northumber land and Lycoming counties to Union county, which occupied the Lower and Supreme Courts for years ; and though it may not be known to the " Ed. Ch.," by experience, as he is a new-comer among us, it is well known to most of the members of the bar, that the business in Union county increased at least two-fold from 1840-1848, in proportion to what It- JM : . . IM . i - . .... for some years ; the numerous failures in . - - "on aiei i'uiit uusiiicsscs ; uuu a I'rac- tire WlllOU Originated 111 this COUlltV Some the iron ami other businesses; and a prat nee wni a originated 111 this couiitv gum seven or eight years ago, ol entering .. 4..... . I r,C I . . 1 . . . . . . -. dj.jii-.iis iii.iui avtnma ui m 11111.1011:., mi mu purpose, on account of the aeeuinulation of busiuess on the issue list, of- getting a longer stay of execution than defendants would be otherwise entitled to; and as a " feuitor anil J ax Payer appears to have had some experience in the matter, perhaps ... can tea uciucr mis practice or giuaicu with the court, or the bar, and with which of the bar. 11 ' u l,lu previous icu years, ium was ow;ng t0 various rcasnnS) amocg wuicu was the consequences resulting from a deranged state of tuc currency from l$o,and ou Whatever a " Suitor" has to complain, j I do not want to speak unnecessarily it is well known that " Ed. Ch." has not ; hard of any man. Did I, facts arc at hand, the "shadow of a shade" of an excuse The facts of the eases of " Wagenscller vs. for his winnings ; but, as I shall bhow, the j Boggs" and the " commonwealth for Hayes complaint lays the other way. Altho'ivs II. S. Boyer et al," are fresh in the the list has not been burthened with his minds of the people. causes, yet when he had one for trial, it ' His threatened demolition of Xeiraan's Ii'iil tn rirt r.,.t;,i,,.wl n f 1 1 e i 1 , , . . . . . j Lciore ne couiu oc ready ior a trial, lake , one c:isc for illustration. A cause had been j continued a number of terms on account j of 1S absence, but by defendant's counsel ! was forced to trial ou Thursday moniini of the first week of last court when the cause j(,fcll(laIlts rca,y) anJ a largc mbcr of witnesses in attendance, the " Ed. Ch.''was among the mi.-siug; a full hour's delay was experienced by the court, " '"8 '"""."I''J me con.Maoies m miming 1 Ium 31 vial br!inMiiT I.ini nmtft It Ullll tXWM UlllJUIil" 111IU II1LO I'OIll L. IL 1 !1 S ... . . .. . - .1 sam. nut 1 can not voiu li lor its truth, th.it he was fuun(, -m a .,,.;,; ofik. rciljin a jvjc.c 0f (jov jinstori) i,as takL.n lne . stump fsiiiaii business lor a 1 'resident Judge,) and he must needs have an aid. Ifc.a V K'i"craf, bis favorite a professed big, both hailmsr from the -,., e i ; 1 . 1 county of rerry, bo t alow years ago, hve I iillkod arms j t Miffl- foun... not to try a post office defaulter, but by j their united eloquence to convince the good people or .Minim county, that lie is much hotter qualified te be their Judge than th - Vil.j..Ti Tt 4c nc f ir nlutvA nliiciiin :if? ; " fi, .r"- , ' . .,,'. ,,:, fmm ,,: us only a r .- l.,..,l.i;n..r- o,l 1 1 1 1 .1 1 .1' 1 1 l l 1 1 1 u.i ui; in i ui. " n- sequence is, that fewer of his cases are rc- also reversed. Jiut this was not the fault oi thc court below. In the one case it is to be laid at the door of the Supreme Court, who ruled the law to be different from what it had been held to be for a hundred years. ; In the other case it was the fault of the j counsel who unstated the facts. Lest I may be thought to misrepresent : Hear what the Supreme Court any .' (Joseph Casey is the Defendant's Coun sel spoken of by tho Court.) Kearick vs llearick S. C. July Term, 18- 0 Bell, J. "It is much to be recrrctted, the leading facts to be proved by defts. wit- ! nesses, Conrad lieanek, were cither incon- fciderately comprehended or unfairly stated j on the first trial cf this cause, and on the j former argument in this court. Had the i facts been then presented, as they have been since found, tne. trouble ana expense of a sreund trial would have been avoided, and something at least of thc bitterness which unfortunately, so often marks the progress of a family quarrel escaped. If for the sake of a temporary triumph the Deft, presented an unconnected view of his proposed de fence, it is a fault which will in some de gree be punished by thc evanescent cost of thc investigation. If hc was himself mis- , ,. 1 ..... lead by a misapprehension of it, it was a misfortune, but not wholly untinged by fault ; for in litigation 'correctly to ascer tain thc facts to be proved, is itself a rep rehensible lachrs." A tax-payer ought to talk about being booked up in the Law. Who drew the indictment against the Giesey's, that the little button of a Baltimore Lawyer blew to atoms, at the expense of the county and innocent suitors? Who Eubpaeoaed the Justice's execution without known ; f '. ;.-o of Vortlniniberland conn- ! He says the decision " created much ur- ! , .. .' c... ?' ...'I 7 ilempt ''"-, tv. II is opponent has been but a few years il'nse at the time, and met tne strong. . ' ' , his 1 in the county: descended from a haughty j disapproval 01 many leaning proiessionai r- r -------- c--, . !tm .... 1 - 11 1 1 M . 'mm. in Sttii " I n-m.l.l U I.a ' Jll'T. TPIl-rrill TOODV".- 1.111'. 1 UUL' UUL ' I Untis i t.iiiii r. tie lias eviueea wuue anion" .imh. una .uu ... c, .r;io: his Pocket to m;ikc out his cas to the pro- Governor, his deputy for the county of duetion of a mighty shower of sweat that Armstrong; and when a vacancy occurred rolled from his brow ? But enough of this, by the resignation of tlis Hon. Setli Chap I don't stand to pass Judgment on their man Gov. YVolf appointed Lewis President quaiiucaiions. j am wu:ing 10 onset agiuiisi the opinion of the "Tax payer ' and "J-.d. Ch." the deliberate Judgment of as sound a lawyer as ever Pennsylvania had. The Hon. Thomas Burnsid-. now no more, ver as there was in the District, and a tier- ..i. in. t t,inii,M i u L ui: na.l izi a him fectlv honest mnu." If the "Ed. Ch. can produce the word of as sound a lawyer iand upright a man as Judge Bnrnside is : "u w nave oeen, in i .vor or ins can.n- : date, it might relieve the con: i sonic voters. i lw...,l 11 ll 11: : e. :Cusation ot Judge Wilson, that if lie had known tlmt Fryer was not a whig he would , have let him clear of fine, for assault and j battery at the la.st court, and his afterward i leaving money with two men in Perrv Tn. I to be spent at I'ryer's bar to treat the i.ys Lftcr hc siow what (he mun wou,(J himself, had hc the power. Fellow citizens, 1 have no special inter- est in the election, more than the rest of y-u, outlet, me say to you ( wnetlier you n-ill lion,, r r. ...t i . . I. Hill lll.'ar Or 1 1 ll I ll r I P:)r Viklli. t'i.f.k lit mi., i . ' r . J""' " " way that you will elect nn hoard Man and sound lnr; r, which an experience j-Cr, but more especially bv an honest man. ! 1'TllHil lit' ei cMi I JAMES F. LLVX. Lewisburg, Ta., October 2, 1851. lor tbc Lt-wi-barj Cbreaiclo. Mo r,tT . . t ' 1 . -Mil. Editor : I ooscrved in your valu- able paper of the 21th ult. a conimnni.-t- ton signed " A Member of the W. B. Bar," ptiqiorting to contain an abstract of l" socket entry in the case of the Com- jg - 0f lhc rcaco' 00 oAy '4i ri . e t t ; the Court of Quarter .Sessions of Lye jnung county at August sessions, 1812, of which ,tho Hon. Ellis Lewis was then President Judge. The writer of that communication lw'not presont at tIie trial, or ho would 'not have made such unfounded assertions : writer to name a sinfln luw.-er of standinc - - . ie. iir. nan, ana Know mm to be , case was nearu oeiorc tuo court, jueigc j Lewis ordered Dr. Armstrong to give ! security to keep the peace. But as Mr. Hall had been in the wrong in not obtain iug the approbation of the parents, thc Judge ordered him to pay the costs, which was but a trifle, and I am not certain whether Mr. Hall paid auy of it. This matter is now raked up for the purpose of inducing the Baptist denomination to withhold their votes from Judrc Lewis. It is not out of sympathy for the Baptists that the writer of that communication is making himself so busy in having it pub- ashed in the Uitle ereut papers, but to satisfy a private grudge. If he thiuks by his course hc can induce Baptists to oppose Judge Lewis, he will find himself very much mistaken ; they are not so easily aupcrt. Some ill disposed person or persons have been trying to poison the public mind against Judge Lewis by publishing base slanders in the way of communications and pamphlets. We generally find that our best men are most abused. Who was slandered more than Jackson, Harrison and Clay T Alter the contest was ended, all admitted that they were great and good V l .T - . men. Judge .Lewis is a self-made man He was not blessed with rich parents (if it can be called a blessing,) but was left a poor orphan boy to seek a livelihood. He learned the printing trade, afterwards studied law, was elected to the Legislature in Gov. Wolfe's time ; the Governor soon discovered that he was a man of talents. and appointed him his Attorney General, and one of his first acts after he accepted the Attorney Generalship, was to appoint Wm. F. Johnston, the present excellent i uuj;u ui tue iiisiriet coinjo.-cu ui iuc i enmities of .orttininberiaml, J-ycomiwr, i Columbia and I'tiion (the counties of Mon - ! tour, Sullivan, t!ie greater pu t of Clinton, ! then forming a part of the district.) The - ; imiuu i nvu utii, jitwio i'i"n urn the bench. His mole of doin- business 'soon chnnircd the aspect of things. He ; despatched business rapidly. About that ' time, a vast number of disputes arose in :orinumr.emnu county in regara 10 coal ding intricate questions of law, were t ried , i r i ii- , i,' before Ium, and he proved himself well r ir t i qualified for the task. t l t i i i ii e ai Judge Lewis IS undoubtedly one of the best lanl lawyer., in IWlvania ; and it is all important to the legal p.of'ssion and suitors to have such a man on the Su-: preme Bench. The attacks made bv some j persons on his character arc base slanders, j and instead of injuring him ill Lave the! contrary effect, for I could name many who : d,d not intend to votofor h:u, before those . " pumiearions, that wiii now vote tor mm. The public will not suffer the character of a man to be traduced. If Judge Lewis had ably; and hcr enlightened and renewed j It "w aUo true, that one Xero has left name Wen a son of some nobleman, or a very 'conscience bids her unite with a visible infamously abhorrent by bia butcheries and lion rieh man, hc would not have been so much christian organization The tvmfor nf th.-it 1 ''"'''"B1 f chiliiren.womeo and men, for turning almsed, for some minds can't bear too see a poor boy raised to a hili and honorable station. "But thank God ' in our repnl Lean country, wealth and high birth are no rec- otumendation to responsible stations. The an1 WC give hm fuil fCTe for eulogy. .0 ue perm.ttou xo say, thai ws Know of no one who opposes Jadgo Lewis bc - cause he was a poor boy; and as to Lis present position, hc ,s well known to be one of the wcalth.est men and most princely livers in Central Pennsylvania. Nor is there anv contest as in bi lerml abilitinc I j n --' 1 SSrffew'paitli: acfi W toai of j.' ,.. (.:t.: jv ..j. j' . S ;lLel ,ncu j can not c. sane passion for no.. ned to give h'ij, inasmuch as we conscientiously give him our vote. rrt -v: i: 7. !Jud,e lewis-a, objection the ncoi.le of luv leaL oi ectioit ciiierLaiucu luniuua 0 J . . . 1 R.-.Tf..,-.! t, : 1 t t nf sever.il :neeifie.itions made against him. ! . . ...... - j c j-lncn arij WOmea who have parents rciusai w pay. i, iu .w r, the costs, but they were paid by some one else, nearly half a year afterward.) We confess thc duty, under the Higher Law, of " honoring and obeying our pa rents," and 7irf duty never ceases on ac count of age, except that legal direction of property, &c, is conferred upon all at the age of 21. Honor to parents is as obliga tory in thc man of 30, 50, or 70, as in the boy of 10 or 20. But Jwnor to God is ev erywhere in His Word required as supreme over all other requirements. A person's independence in law commences in our country at 21, and at other ages in different countries; but bis moral res ponsibility his accountability to an Al mighty Father his duty to think and act for himself in all matters between himself and his God commences long before that time. We contend that a person capable tf being a witness in law, is also entitled to religious liberty. But, admit Judge Lewis' law, that no man has freedom of conscience until he is 21 where is tho authority for granting him that right after be is 21? If a pa rent can compel a child to be a Mormon or an Atheist until he is 21 years old, where is the law that can prevent an indefinite extension of that power ? Where in the Bible are "youth" excused from Christian acts and exercises, or where are these required of tho old, exclusively ? If law forbids a Protestant from preaching tfiiave almost ium'So business to be a Christian without to a minor son of a Catholic, will it not forbid his preaching to the Catholic him self? If law could punish a Methodist elder for receiving into his communion the , . , i .uauguwr 01 au uoj.-cuug nuu-j.ru.raur, ; when the daughter is only 20 years, 11 ' IUOutlis and 9 days old, what act of As - semyy wouj auow Lim to receive her on the day blowing? The truth is, there . . . - itii n not be louna, citner in me Jiwo or, 1 tiruon s J'igcst, aDy sucn nice anil imagi - nary division of time as to religious rights, Xeitlier the Book of Books nor our statu - ; . pn;.,nu.Ilts ,lenv i:h(.rtv of conscience i to auy mail, young or old, rich or poor, The whole is a legal fiction, fabricated to i 1 meet a certain case. " w -i . Let us illustrate the principle of Judge ! 11 r T. mode-;f intelligent wirl ak , . . ' luto"1oe"' SI, . au:"l81n ,,,t0 LutI'tran t,luIC'J- "cr Parents are common vagabonds m France, who can not even tell her age, but have , enough of will to forbid her ever becoming ' Christian. iShe is abandoned to take r i...,.ir . r ....:i tail, ui uuouii riiu L'liti la a. iiitiim irimiiv. ; M hcr . . ' ... . aud cables her to maintain herself respect ', .i,,,.i, :,--. i,- ;tj t 1 1 , , . K, ' . , "f LtF ag,',aC,i a&lust her parcn,S Wlsbcs - luc laulLr 1,ears 01 lne event gels 'eg'l proof that his daughter is but 0 years obiccts. pemjt L;m to rcfuse tLe carncgt ea rf ;the r;ous lonJman anJ hc aJm;t3 uim , trt ftjioLin : ---n,,!---.. -.,,1, .u.. f.1 of . hat church. Thc cn d owncr ' tlic Ilcv- Dr w;tL;n an inth of Lis m 'ScrTcJ h;m T;,jht . ,a - . ...... .. .1. his master's leave," says Mr, Thoughtless. 1 I?.,f. l,a Mm,;l, .rmK.c MW -oil .11 i:,;l i rpi . c 1 11 1 c 2i 1 he son of a drunkard, convinced of the ' - . ul u,ej 'evus 01 mumporance, signs nis name to a :rance l'ledge, against the orders of: athcr, and refuses to drink intoxica- g liquors. I lie lather threatens to kill Secretary of thc Society he has joined, and actually attempts to destroy his life. You ! pcrsons seeking honest labor, and refuses I further to engage in any unlawful act. Thei father meets the missionary, and with gun ! and club assaults him. " Good enough for him," says Judge Lewis, " he had no business to encourage the infant to diso bey his father the gentleman must give straw bail that hc wont do so again; but the missionary though I think much of him, and he belongs to a very pious and respectable sect must pay all thc costs,or go to thc Tombs till somebody pays it for him." Once more. At a Town Hall gathering, Col. Miller convinces a minor son of Esq. Linn, that the Whigs are right ; and the young man a college graduatc,and a mem ber of the bar enrols his name for John ston, contrary to his father's wishes. The grieved father burns his house over the head of the man who dared convert his son from Democracy to Whiggery. The Col onel complains to tho Court. Judge Wil son decides that Col. Miller had no right to convert a man to Whiggery who was only 20 years, 11 months and 29 days old; and while hc binds Esq. Linn to keep the peace hereafter towards everybody, and " especially " towards Col. M., he con demns Col. M. to pay all costs arising out of the case! The Col. thinks losing his house and footing up the costs of prosecu tion is pretty dear pay for doing so little good; and he appeals to the Supreme Court. There he finds his honor Judge Lewis, the discoverer of the principle that religious liberty and accountability only commence when a man is 21 years old, who informs the Col. that the case of Hall vs. Armstrong decided the principle, long ago. Judge Campbell (who we see it stated in the Sun bury American was educated for a Catho lic priest, and is not "eonTcrted" yet) readily coincides, especially as Armstrong was a Catholic; and Judge Gibson who - . is now on the bench for life don't troub- , le himself enough to oppose them, and the decision is " confirmed." These cases, are " progressive" parallels , to that of Nail v3. Armstroug. The truth : is, the decision of Judge Lewis is founded ' upon a wrong principle. By the same law ' of blind obedience-thc subjecting of Di- 1 i " "an aumoruy in ail matters oil ; laim every preacuer oi tnc uospel, every missionary of the Cross, every teacher of ' doctrines, whether in law, politics, morals. science, or reli-'ion. is constant doin-' j "onS- Ky the ime lw, immoru! beings are ' . ' M,k.r onnl the, Ju.t 21 veari old ! (tbt i, if they have pareola . , .. . , r "Ueilicr those ho bate no parents, or wboae ,, . . ,. .. . . ,. . . parents are insane, or are divided in Ibeir viewa. .ti i are n, accountable, o, ate .1..,. accountable. "li " t decided.) And yex, ee. become ci.il.xed, and IJoUtet. become Christiana, every year; and all Christendom ermi Xa "1 ,hat " a - cho''c ehilJren c""""d ta Pwm""-. ( '"J w "') L,y f,e, Ik 'ub J''" Pre- a . . - ; TSZZf'T r!" 7.... ...-.m,, .iu " - , received contrary to fie Uhea of their parents. i his sutjects from Paganism to Cbristiaoitv. It is true, the "infal.ible Inquisition once prisoned ; end burned its thousands, and Catholic despot have .laughtered their millions of Presbyterian. in Scotland and France, the Refrmera an proselyting." And it is also true, that savages still make war upon the advances of civilization. Brutal Idolaters often take the Uvea of Christian teacher, and converts. All "Church and Stile" covcrnments still claim and exercise mora or I less power in preventing "new heresies" from tubveiting the "established faith," among both old and young. But the tendency of thing, is tusLwV-.orAi. vi religion nere are riaricTLi free. And we venture the assertion that the decree of Elhs Le.ia in punishing W m. h. Hall . ... .. (" performing a ministerial doty of every day's occurrence among an ev.nge.icai Denomination. ry.here. is an outrage upon religious l.berty. 1 ami an ifilrinr.pmpnf M III. .arr.il vi.hta nf pan. wienae as given b, our Creator to all mankind " " n ,nd rolemnl, guarantied b, ou, Coi.s.i.u.ions. .itbout a i-arallel in the United Sta:i in the 19:h century. THE FEARFUL FUNERAL BY REV. NICHOLAS MURKAT, D.D. was on the morning of a cold, chilly in the month of April that I was thus interrupted in my studies by one of thc children Pa, there is a qnecr-leoiing or who wants to see you." thc room my eye lit upon a queer-looking indeed, be face, and whole appearance m a drunkard. He rose on the room, and with a con wkward politeness, amonnt- iscquiousncss, which the half-in- toxicated often assume, he addressed me : " I come, sir, to ask you to attend a fu- neral this afternoon' "Who," said I, " is dead?" " A friend of mine,'' he replied, " by the name of S and w hc has no par ticular friends here, I thought I would come and ask you." " Where did hc live ?" I again asked. " Why," said he, " he lived in no place in particular, except at thc grocery of Mr. H ." This Mr. H. was thc keeper of a groggery of the very lowest character, where blacks and whites freely mingled in their revels, and which had often been presented as a nuisance. I again said, " Of what disease did he die?" " Why," said he, dropping his counte nance, and lowering his voice almost to a whisper, " I hardly know ; but, between you and I, he-was a pretty hard drinker.'' After a few more inquiries, to which I received answers in keeping with those given above, I -dismissed him, promising to attend the funeral at five o'clock. At the hour appointed I went to thc house of death. There were ten or twelve men present, and, with two exceptions, they were all drunkards. I went up to the coarse pine coffin, and gazed upon a corps", not pale and haggard, but bloated, and al most as black as the raven's wing. There were two brothers present, both inebriates, and as unfeeling as if the body of a beast lay dead before them. From the under taker I gained the following narrative as to the deceased : He was the son of respectable, but irre ligious parents, who, instead of spending the Sabbath in the boose of God, either spent it in idleness, or in doing " their own work." When desecrated, the Sabbath is usually a day of fearful temptation. Sab- bath sins mate deep impression on the onl. Whilst jet joung he became a Sab bath Tagrant joined vagrant companion acquired the habit of drinking; and M rapidly grew the love of drink into a ruling passion, that at mature years- he was a con firmed drunkard. His parents died, and the portion of property that fc-U to his lot was squandered. " And for Jsr," said my informant, " he baa been draai every day." " But how," I asked, " did be get tU money to pay for the liquor ?" u He has been employed," he replied, " by Mr. II to 6hoot squirrels in the woods, and to catch water-raU in the marshes ; and for the skins of these he baa been paid in whiskey. .Nobody would him starve ; and be unally slept in a gar ret over the groggery. Yesterday he was taken sick, very sick, in the grocery ; Mr. II., instead of giving bias a bed, turned him out of the bouse. He was then in a dying state ; and, at a short distance from the house, fell in the street. He was ta- ! ken a negro hut, and laid the W. where he died in less than an hcrr. Th negroes were very ignorant and supersti tious, and were afraid to have the corpse in their hotis. It was carried to a barn. This poor but pious family, bearing the circumstances, took tho corpse in their house, and have made these preparation for its burial." I read a portion of the Scriptnres, and for a few moments discoursed to them on the effects of sin I dwelt on the harden ing and fearful effects of Intemperance. But there was no feeling. I prayed with them ; but there was no reverence. They all gazed with a vacant glare, as if their minds had evaporated, and as if the fiery liquid had burned out their consciences. They were obviously past feeling. The coffin was closed and placed ic the hearse. We proceeded with slow andt solemn pace to the house appointed for all the living ; and a feeling of shame came over me as I passed along the street to be followed by half a dozen pair of inveterate topers. Thc coffin was placed upon the bier, ami was CVTied bj foue Hrntt!la- arka avr eluded spot in the grave yard, where, withi out a tear being shed, without a sigh being uttered, it was covered up under the cold, clod of the valley ; and the two brothers went back to the house of death, the grog shop, to drink and to die a similar death, , and to go down to the same ignoble grave. The others, after lingering a few moments, as if arrested by the thought that the grave would soon l their house, followed. I stood for a short time over the grave, after all had retired, pondering the deeply im pressive scenes through hich I had ao rapidly passed. " And is this," said I to myself, "the grave of the drunkard?"" And the prayer, almost unconsciously rose from my heart to heaven, " O God,. . save my children's children to their latest generation fmm such a contribution as this. ' to the congregation of the dead ! Outrages In Lancaster Couutr, The following is an extract frots a letter to the editors of the Harrisburg Telegraph, dated Lancaster, Sept. So, Mbl The testimony in the Christiana, matter , will be published next weBt.hn publio can then judge what credit is due' to cer tain officials. There were several incidents elicited in the course of the investigation worthy cf note. Mr. Nelson, one of the witnesses, who was with Gorsueh from Maryland, testified that when the blacks charged on their pursuers, they advanced, singing a. hymc beginning with the words, "We are free, we are free." A portion of the police engaged by Mr. Thompson, the District Attorney, in bring ing the offenders to justice- indeed that portion most praised and honored by our public journals next to Mr. Alderman Kcigart, were John Keech, G. W. Bow man and one or two others, who were con victed and sent to the penitentiary for breaking open and robbing the Mayor's of fice of this city. Their time expired some time since. One of them has since been several times indicted for stealing chickens. In the reign of terror which has existed in . this county since the Christiana nturd tnese men witn use associates irout Vjil- adelphia, have scoured the county anrj without any warrants made num mue art rests of unoffending men ; broke, coa ana robbed houses, and perpetrated rsany other enormites. All this is overloaded in tha rage for "Justice." Last Monday, these rtarnros- went to the house of Parker, xAr the murder was committed, and funs it deserted br Parker and his wife. lie tad ftei be cause of his parti'iparion, in the riot she, because she was a slave, a j swpposed. ' She had left an infant ebihj behind in the care of an aged mother, dangerously sick with the jneasels- Tbey arrested the old woman, aud took hcr to Christiana, leaving the child alone in the house, hoping that the mother would return to nurse her child and thus fall into their bands. She baa not appeared however, and the old woman has gone to Philadelphia, and left the 1 child to perish. It is she, who has asked in her dcirpair, to be sent back to slavery These are bnt a couple of a hundred law less cruelties that hate been perpetrate in the name of JUSTICE. if! i -5
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