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THURSDAY, JANiEfAitY46i 1848.
BEA,LTHFIL !PIETY
The, piety df 'Ch istians is not only
)hargeablc with:''Ofect, but often is, fond'
develop in Yrib!rbid and abriornial fO'rms,
ich sadly thisrep4sent and damage tytie . '
istianity before the world. - Raman na
-13 is so thoroughly and radically corrupt
awe cannot wonder at' this. 'There is so
eh that is morbid and periersefit the
7 characters, temperaMents and physiCal
,ems of those who are,presentetrai
ects of converting grace, that 'eve most'
'ct to find traas'nt it id th# new than
' 4;
self But theaspirantafter Christian
section does not cease to repent and. re-'
when he ceiti3es to 4 worider. The very
•rath and earnestross,othis piety should
relieve him of ~ s olicitude as, to ,its
ilthfulness., Often the most, zealous,• ax
-
it, active, devoted4hristians - are most in,
Id of admonition in this matter.; - ;,.Ardor;
s into uncalculating enthusiasm; zeal,
;uided knowledge, into fanaticism;
citude for the entargement of the church
the salvation of , souls,. degenerates into
;h-ehurchjsm and persecuting violence
•ard for the honor of God's ; word and for
truth not unfrequently becomes bigotry
a high and dry . orthodoxy, careful. ,of
head but unconcerned for , tho heart;
rue view of sin and of one's own heart,
In produces a- loomy, unhappy frame of
Id, and a form of piety in which a merit
made of melancholy ; while a genuine
^ituality and unworldliness are often'
\led with an unsympathizing tone to-,
•de human interests and the human side.
In of the kingdom of God.. The .. " care of,
soul" is made an excuse for neglect
every day duty. There is a very-morbid
of piety which . „ is , quick to suspect
ry other form and every
,new develop
,Lof
_piety, besides those with which it
Ixpermentaity acquainted, as themsetves
.bid or spurious. While there is mach piety
is positive and . ,even arrogant in its
?er, and which frowns on all doubt as , a
it is quite probable that the ,most, pre
ent type of morbid piety now-a-days, is
) doubting kind: Even thougb.tbe age is,
I busy and outward cares are too heavy
meditation, all devouring ; thought by
ick and subtle processes threatous "to COrt-,
away the vigor and vitality..of the
ty of our day.
What inestimable blessings are health
' manly vigor I What a conifort-to those
possess them, 'What a refreshment to
se who behold them! Who .would .net
,fer the sound, sweet sleep of bealtbi to
most gorgeous dreams of the 'opium-,
r's fevered brain Who Abeti;,.riot-,foel
nse relief 'in turning from a character
good but fragmentarytimpulses, of
tendeneies;of narrow; exollisiveyieWs;
iessed with
_a single idea—as•:pre-ail
rianism ;* or ". halting on his thigh'l'as
hamstringed, with doubt; or Moping:
qr inward• fears and burdens - , and:" slint-‘
himself from, hiakind '!--who d'oesnot.
relief; in turning from. theseimychologi
deformities; to those strong and 'Yet sweet,
steady and well balanced; thoselactive
genial natures, through- whose'inward
Is beats the fail and free and Measured
of spiritual health? Wholis not &d
-i, quickened and magnetized: in' the .
, nee of Christian inailineis, which is
.ch engaged in the great vital reilities
Agion to bdtithing mint;Tanitge and cum
which has too large, view of the
ise and the grace of, God tq be crushed
despon4eney; which, findit! !its imo'inds
its maxims in the great examples and
?red teachings and tone of Holy. Writ,
lially in Christ himself; which has its
, ts among tbelkons .of men, and seeks
)nsecration of all human interests and
ity to the Master's service; which, with
uperficially despising and, denouncing
;, rises above the fog of unbelief,- and
its clear brow in the steady light of
,nee; which combines and 'blends the
11 of mind, affections and• Will in ; one
inious and therefore unostentatious,
:onstant service for Such a nature
•millenarianism as a:doceritie held in: due sub
tion to other doctrineff ifeed - bO fio hinderalice
ilthful piety ; but as an absorbin. idea 'few
are more pernicious.
obn ejnly 68
is like an , invigorating air -,to ,those
~rhp
come in . nnnitact, with .it. It
,satisfies. the , l
mind, it disu i rrus. hostilities, it inspires ‘. con
fidence.,,p eortifies to the reality and
. 92; 7 1
cellem9f •religion. , ~ ~,,,
;::How shall we gain this healthful piety'?
In its highest manifestaioni, it . is the gift
t,
or . l'i . stiO*Cli,t-91. the 2 feW. :- iiiitOtii .c.i4,4,44:
0 b di liti*hisicitilDiSis t ,',.' Itfa i liidie l :eV. l
be reared.upon shatteredifetidp,:of• l illicif ;
peptic stomach. { :. It. 04i-i . :4`itii.,:fititoutte yel
grafted upono,, d'espendinkteniperi*Ont.. It I
needs fresk air, giipd'digesll9n,Sbiiiid T sleeP,"l
and.'nit unotogged liver.' 'Mind and I:) . eidy,:ito
too closely connected for us to expect oncl'a
act ikepet'idently of the other. Iteurt;hfniF
. piety is, perhaps, the iligliestiiiltistication-.
of-the Mai .sana in rcorpoieisann. -: Christianif
are.bonnd,:for thelsiike:f9C.theirsoufs and
a their religion ~to - lceep -theinbedies 'in -Order. , .1
Consider the , !whole matter -of - Chfristiart
self.cultuie „in•the , light,of: Scriptilre:,l)Seek
simixtetryi; complete each quality by sonxe
other required as `its limit 'or, itk comple
.reent, Make your, •faith-perfect •.by :work&
Add to, Your , virtue: or,zeal, knewledge ;add
'to zeal and: iknowledge, temperadee;:perfect
zeal, 'knowledge: :andi3ernperanee,.
tienee or „constancy under,l all; trials ; coin
plete., this inward aubjectiVel class of quasi
tieS, those:which look-, God-ward an'd
church-Ward- and men:Ward: by, godliness,'
which, is kept from hecbming:a vague myst
icism .by brotherly kindness; while brother
ly rkmdnesB -cancl.all right impulses., towards.
self; :towards God, , and towards • Godil3i
people; ,are „refunded., ofl' '‘ by CELMITYiLthe
Bond of Perffictnese,ior, :turning. from Scrip!
ture. , mazims to Soripturc models, Wittnitre'
struck with the absence of. morbid :types of
piety front , those pages.: The , plOus m en , and
women df Scripture are.not perfeeti; they'
-have their grievous failings; but among %hear.
is not effeminacy. They 'are not: half-ex-,i l
haled' Saints .pithdy .are :vigorous,
large-souled, men. and :wothen, without, 'pet
-trness or frivoloassentrmentality. Thais , easy,
it ie..to.diseriminate:tixo betteritraits. of Alia
nd Jacob znd Moses and Samuel land
David; awl how perfectly safe-to follow ihein,
What manliness andhealth'illtMerylbre:
thnspifitual nature of .thes ApostleaPaulds
But study, above All, therperfect,mociel ofq
lola:Factor' in the divine-au thor'of -.Ghriatiant
ity himself, in oktholn health'.l. an'clibarrnonyi
-and symmetryn nip° sin t ieirnoble'atmanifesj
tations. He wail grand aaid-powerful without,
the :. slightest: sacrifice!. of innocence Land,
purity, ; 'he ciWas !infinitely tendersand:gentle,
withmits! timidity* he-, : coulds the all aflani s a,
with 'zeal and indignation:Against rsin, and.
yet barber' no Unholy etmQtionr :,NV
•sober withont gloom ori- austerity; he ',Wan::
poor- yet ui rtot, pitiable; he ,was, nworldly,
spiritual; !sand prayerful;,,yet•?sglad -C. be:
Surrounded with scrowdop,and, cheerfully.
'mingling- in and striving „to--,isanctify.thet" l
'social., life of men he waig libetal without;
license and - sorupulons'—Aithent legality.:
I diotwithstandinghis nonsamingdoal fors the
accomplishmeut,:of his work f he:mects ev.ery,
liinderanee with a soreneAlid, sacred patiencisc:
If.-be is Iso,,greati 10.44 ,anticipatn r With-,sub-•,,
~calmness; the, agonies , - of the: Garden,
'and the- , Cross,-.46-bbcotentolrs:without ream : ,
the.smaller proyeuations, of idalty,life. ,
He underwent a martyrdoni more. Sorrewfna
and significaututhan tongue- Ilan;tell, with
.a ,00urage_ that was teuly subliTne : and, yet,
not a-whit More remarkable than the
esty andsnuopineSs ,of his beari If) griihrongnsallo
The ; extraordinary, balance : of this charao r .
ter is, never dist.nrbed. Ithas no error to_
eerrect J ilrovements -that an :be;
made ; no extravagances to he plod.; no ec j ,
centricities; to, be reQtified. :lliightiest that
ever lived on _earth tp_s sufferAncLto do,. its;
vers,perreation- and its. health keep, men.
from fullTestimating, its divine transcendent,
e-7,09 110 ,4 0 P..--.B o :Mke Christ 4u4 your soul
will be in health, though like-him,,you pay
fail of, notoriety with the world tof cotem-
Porliu.i9ur • sss-
/Inalky, Pe an * active Christian.
comes with exercise. Bestir yourself in some
person,l.,work for Godi,,yvith the BO skf mem,
Y_og Tna,y th inkyourpiplfp,lm9Et,,p - 9rishing,,b at,
the effort. to save, a,nother4,w,ill give sav
ing warmth and, yitality .to
,both. Do not
expect to be a healthful (Christian or a.
healthful character of. any kind; ,if you give
yourself up, to speculation, or mOrbicl.self
inquiry, or to the : study. day
Mingle_ byslay ofnoth 7 ,
ing but abstract, truth.,;witlr,Yonr
felOw c4r4, tian s and your fellow-men. Lis-:
top, ,even tor, ,the hard criticisms of your
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY,,,
,1-r..„,,f, 1 , 3 `.).`• - ' s
enemies, and - theenetniel r of religinn. Do
not .be over-shy. of• singulm4y.; ; fnr, in a
world full,9ti;/cllfiqa ofbOdy,,and,mind, good.
health-itself -islii ngiilar. Ilietetore do, well
andvigorously•.,
~.
... et.... e ;. . , [
That, is elear t lX rigutsiu- 1 ,4°.
face, of a, world fullrof •p,reitt4ipe , spd. op-,
posltinn. licit . Bi n g Lila ri ty ,yr it, boii t a rpaapn,
for it ,:is prnof of • a diseatartstate. I Aim
not runrnly,fll,,,O;emptiOn frinii ,diseaseut,
f. 1.• .. , b:..i
at Ylgor.§tTengtb-andbaal:h go together:,
i u
Feeblenetaii is disease . tet have o f Chrit;i
-,..i1l , , t .
~ , .t. .•:) , ,31 , it., •! . ~
tianity, that ls not frighten bylpubta or
unilianneclpy : desponddney, tone strpl3g 1
in faitiii,, baO • yant 'with liope, , rpftd in gym-
I' •t 1
Pathins, tender -and yet . filppaneable and
yet pqre liberal, and ynt k or, ottox, without 1
• • I .g: • ~. . 1 ti , $ L ,tt
small
. E,iuLpw,ion.s, ,and rivti+,l3,unibly de=
pendent on the it oly Spilt, yet epterprieing,
..:•_•'-i•11,L1 1 - ~ ,t t•I , L,L.Ltit,VIQ-!. ctil. i
active,, ancl. 7 , cov.l,o,nud4 iiii Inv.:. work : fo , r ,
~ Clod.. r ' • e l a , • r .
~ .21,..11 ' ;•'• . .., -. ,• • ' 1;• t.t?; ; ' I
, Lk:FAYETTE. ,C0144,4.!'
: We are glad to.learn3llat.'.4llfiiirtereaeingi
• eefultress 'of this,.impoitaht In gtit.ution: is,.
actively it ssnpfio,ti ; :
'the : friends:Of Christ/ark csduelktion.thrOugh-,
•ot 1:1•Ur lcbdrglies... Our. teaddrAavemoticed:
imitlipleasuro tho.largf;:contrikintions,whiOtb
:ince r the- lie cession; Of ~Dtti-Vattelt 10 -.the.
Presidency; hai.e already . .ciiitablished. : Ahe.
Apcm- ; ,t,tor.secure :.b.`01.8 of per,
anent .enclowntept: has been::
.031e..by few,,gerttlemen i ,44r...iPardee-,cif•
azleton; rr.arlone:. .havittg 1/140;000.1
Boit while•:.all„muStirejOice:44ffitkoi gtnaLe§-
, .ablishmerit,, of , a Collegeogihdtc , ., thiongb.!
disdonragfirnetitat,'llavilbr.
Ort•y: years beTalthe . :only Rhisliyterian
ego inicYlastern ,:BennsylkaulaF:riteL , apptiars.
-h at ladditio ntil -help.:laded ed-. before it :
normighly,se(wipped "lor , ,itit..-grata work, :
he: lon largelli urri col protid ing :forq a:
:c,i.ehtifie.come:parallel:iwiAtt,ttbe blaserdak
•md,.for-a.:_Potlitgtaduate - ; o4(tbe.-desigped
or the more technical atd.tprofesiaiOnal.
• • ' ' • ' ""'
• ea. eg ,fsgi
lite.; :de:maul:Hi afarther,:inereasek,pf.the en
fdo win apts.:- . At; least .t wo 4n.ore . Professors
. 1 ' z‘needed,Agliile-the fact- tluiti4the salaries,
. r of , ::the: present ,nlile , Corps_ of instructors;
(me ho: ~ .detote.- their whole ; tinie to the:Viol-,
lege) doAxot •atlerage. nine handled ;dollars, -
shows. that.. at:further.; expenditure is./ eh-.
selntely ;nedded- in ;that:direction , : - ~' t:
' Ini this: em'ergency, Mr,Pardeethas again :
stepped , forWardii Thianoble ;friend of , eldu-:
cation...oilers Iso,ooo < additional toads , pre
'o,iousi donatidns;l,provided: $120,000 of this.
'eitinhe:raisedols other-frientls!:of-the 'eause•
l litrl;Besivier;, of Danviltepli libiziallconeribu
, ,
tOitgto;:the , original endosvment,! las .: sub.-
'acrOed-$lO4OO ; and Mi:.sWin...4.dinson; of
' this: cityvivphe r endoived.. the , chair of ' , chef.'
i rpistlyz;l:we 'also' ,Subsbribed, slo;ooo, , lefi*ing.
16100,090.t0 be yetfsecuredtbefore .. - the-I , vhele
;stun ds amailable::, . ; -::i if i ' ~' .
We are persuaded that their noble'vffers:
'catifiot' fait to arouse 6.llciindred spirit. of
len'erbsity - f - -arriong those 'Whom'. God .1:11113 1
'bleasa Whilc Alivi ordinary
channels of -bizulei - olen tiefforit are to be' filled,'
'year by year, With.thesmallortontributions•
°Lunt:My I pertmuSi' 'the!: eii do wmbrit.. of our'
higheatilustitatiOrtsof•learn in g mdst mai filyi•
dope td -upon. t tbe •,largc- ,lotitribu Lions' ofiza
smaller ii3ambeivi., nob consecration •of,
vvealthl aliWaystorifera-honorable dditinction,
but•itlseetii.es • that Which :is .far Itptter, 'the'
benedictionof Gad :'•hp on him Ito whom. :was
ejitrusted.. - nabob, •arid of whom Much- was
'required and who was found faithful: ,l i et
Lafayette'College.be , made truly efficient for
its ?•en larged work: by this increase °tits
endowment, and irits.'high 'career 'of useful
n esi-to-ithe• Church and the, world will •bcia
perpetual q . .,m - emorial- before the:Lord?! of
all th - ose •wlio shardd inf itslestablishment..,
-.• • • '• • •
. .
.TEiE4
.-RGITNIFN,T for Reunion .comes fre--
quently in-the practical, thouob not, always
safe, or, elevated, form of an appeal to . the
pockets of Presbyterians. Here* .a sped-,
urenpf this kind of argument, from. the cor
respnndence ofthe Pittsburgh Banner, about
as strong as. ,
ever seen. The corresport
dent was " informed of a Place where there
are., three. Presbyterian , churches—an Old
School- a New School, and a _Reforn;ied. The
Old s School , is receiving $2OO per annum :
from our Board of Missipps; . the New
School $2OO or $250 from :their. Board Of
Missions; and the Reformed $l5O. from
theirs. Now, hero, if these several, branches
of the Church were united there might ,be
a strong , self-sustainina congregation and
RY 16; -1868 0
;; to` `,l •
irorii $4OO tu $OOO of missionary funds, and
two ministers sparedfor someentirely es
titute field."'
1,, Here is an illustration from actnale..ltper.7.
~metit, since the above , was Wrilten ;
in the correspondences of the Pr esbyter : . ,
Eidicin.`s:=Ll Wrote, yOei ; few
Seirraio our ithitni' of
the: 'Aunties at• Red alk, S r . dud` N. S.-
!Our agreemestt,-*!.€l 'that- we would, unite
-4ritt!,tt!p,c,hillicestlike,Presbytery, S., , and,
choose ,ft ,pastor. ; from the S. bianp4. of
this 'Cliiiroh, which liAs'lisen,Cornplida
first March ' last • . got.the'lleV.i'
ltr:j 'Atherton, of Illinois. i. He been
, ftithfulpirt., : the discharge of hilf,'duties as a;
tninisr and pastor He united with the
Chillicothe Presbytery at eta last meeting.
h'srthUisiotiti.-:(With a few ex
'ceplidussy"lßefire our 'union ;neither of our
;churches were.'able to; support, their
IsTsji.t 1 19%-;17:9 pay a salaty;of,s9oo,.furnish
4 1 ; parsonage„ valued alt S?!P,9
a year and mace
re aired our ChUrch i:cOst ottli7:00,
'all; our ZOnitionei,iiiiiieter'S
pa t ha"v4 , lsl36iiittrhouti 33`,000. So” niiich ; for:
;t,; • 4 - IS
OWN* , A,T 11.10401,11Q4
E WashingtonirJan.illtk 11368,
• Atitim es the reprellentatitetataWashington Seem
'to attain, an indepen d'ent. m4E/tenet and.authority,:"
(and to ,exert sin inilnerice shaping alictdirect r ,
publin.=.topi.niOn..k then, Vain? WaShingtoCiifk
'the ngere_indeg ,ent the; Illtal/plate;fr:Oltitoo Conli
gress.ttikes,tche l anthorityrdelegalegiscil.gOVerns;
othet t t.imee.gefeol eyerythin Whack,- .an.d go-
A , eraetilky
..the ! index is :
peculiarly,sensitiv,oo,eyery, - yatia,tipn of popriar
-ray:or-an/I ehoice, anti the:power, .of therpeople is
=folti r , , This dis
_usually co, ittEit,ll4/fore a .Presi den 7.
election ; ~but ,perhaps- never more thaeinow.
It is felt here, that not only should the seal .n'f
r provalsbe'put nfien what has been done and trbie
Ahe halls of legislationlbe kept 'there, but
• thatitlaei stritagonisnn between. the two great-par-.
'ties ,in* present campaign is as great ap,mt,any
time dwidg the r war, and, hence, that the success :
of :the,fOrces noNy arrayed agairist the party in
power ( WOuld be as diaastrtorts to peace and justice
as was!. any victory' the-.rebels in the field.'
lilplesfot,winchrthe :war — Was, Ati l ighlore
still contested, and they have, cost. tro:,much of
life, aniftrea'Sure to .. be tamely or timidly given up.
Besidei the destinies of those set free by 'the war ,
so'far RS' they '
are' teihe affected by leg,islation,
`Ca Dila lie left, i rethe hands' of those - who have: at
w,aytheen'their enemies. ale:earnest and good
amen. the 1134ng.1:4rty, and there are.many who,
rise above, the mere consideration of party, or sel
fishasuCcess, are wisely watching the Signs of.thO'
, times, while their opponents are-eager to obstruc't,
to catch' eiery sigri'dfdiscuntent or of weariness
in carrying the burden of a great cause and to
'seize any new issue that may lift them to, power.
I It is unfcirtunitelliat'leg,EsTatiiiMnanitlalt under
the shadow . ,pfan,approaching election—for what
needed now
,eth% firmness, ; ,
courage, and
ibreadth of statesmanship not the fears or the
'schemes of' iltolitirdiani—lynt the etection'comes
I 'apace; and it niusi. be 'met, and the means neces
isary •for,:suw.ess- must .be :with all
hope and enthusiasmm .the, canvass ,must be,made
the :tetteriiig, finances must
,he snatpined:, the
anonialbus Condition itt SOutheiti 'States, rec.
-tifie'd, an- iihatinative Exeth r itice thWarted, and'
the naturaLreaction fronr-tbe:sxeitemerit of the
-past,, few years broken. i iThe merribefs .of Congress
have .returned the,brief recess. of. the.boli
'days iiiptesiedwitit the reagrilinde ofithe,work
thein, but hy; - )l . 6 l )peanS' 'diShearten ed
ready to take baCkWard steps: 'lt'll:ay is well be
; impressed, upon the niinds of the people,that.this
camppign , ! to r .he ,condaeted oa high grounds,.
'and that whoever is,eleetel as the standard bear
er, is to be chosen not nrre L ly" because of availa
4/jay, but beedosn'oftFACWri sympathy With ad
,vanced and. radical The'leading Republi
marts: expect to win, and , to win by clear and: dis
tinct a,dvoeacy of right, principles.! „General.
'Grant is without doubt the prospective candidate
of the Republicans; and he, is so, Incense, he is
supposed to 'be fully in' s:Yinpathy yrith their po
iSition. He most wisely inatntairis his reticence.'
'—most wisely—because he. IS as yet '.the' General
of the army, and as, snehis presumed to have
no political preferences, apd,beeause, as yet, he
'is' not `noiniaatea, aad , the - platform upon "which
he is expected` to stand is not, and cannot be.
now constructed. But his-sets'are not equivo
cal, and the Democrats,whose instincts lead them
pretty surely to their.,friends, have shown, this
week that, they have given up all hope of using
him in' any way, and brand him as an unmitigat
ed Radical, all the worse for being in disguise.
They have opened fire from.all sides--the Louis
ville papers, N. Y. Herald, and here the elder
Blair's letter to the Bth, of 4 a nuary banquet—all
show the bitterest. fiatred. His silence is con
strued to be ;treachery, his speech - as imperti
, nence, his military success as a fortunate acci
dent, and his steady attention to businme as in
' ordinate desire for office. In the absence of
words from him, perhaps we: may be willing to
have his position defined by those who sympa
thize with treason and who hate the colored race,
at least so far 'ail this—he does not suit . their
purposes. Whether he is to be the man cannot
be foretold now, but his prospects have been very
much improved during the past •week. There
are not a few here who would rejoice to that
Christian soldier and philanthropist, Hew
ard the )Presidential chair, and who believe
that presented at the right moment he may be
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1130.
Ministers $2.50 H. Miss. $2.00
Address :-1334 Chestnut Street.
.
the strong and winning candidate. The possibil
ityief such a successor to the present incumbent
thrills every Christian heart—and the fact would
alone prelle ; that the war, as a purifier had not
been iOvairi. ' .
The' Sete has been engaged during the week
in the Aiscussion of the bill passed by the House
'before the holidays i suspending the authority giv
en to Sec. hlcCulloch two years and a tall ago
to centre, ct theonrrency, That authority was to
„emit - het th s e'cuirenCir at
- the rate of four millions
per moriiiriflie.deemed it 'advisable- and since
April 1866 - he-hastwithdrawn one hundred and
'forty ,millions from cionlatien.... This. reduction
`which amount s and in proportionate part
to the whole' is unpreoidented in the history of
any confitry, liar 'brought complaints from all
parts o'f the'-country arid -froth =a 1 branohes of
indnetry,tthat industry is thereby paralyzed, and
trade l kos ,almost.. _ceased-, It has_been argued
that, the stagnation is partly doe ; te the uncertain
ty respeetirq the policy of the government, since
it is ittiwleptional for the _Secretary to retire o
not the , atrinant . 13arued- 'above. There seem to
be few who favorfany farther- expansion, but :the
Senate .by pc. large majority, pass the bill to
•stOp rather reontractiea and. to take , away the
discretionary power of the , Secretary. Since
1866' nearly five hundred-.Milliens' Of the debt
13.av'eheiiiriaitt, and lit s:seen-at last that this is
eripplingall:the business of the country. Before
wehad:,recover ed,frout the, shock of war, and be
fore industry had had time to return to its wont
ed channels:and men to accorpmcalate, themselves
.to a peace' boa's, we liave' been' taxed five bun
dred'utillionk aboireour expenses to pay the debt,
same time, the= circulating medium is
being steadily contracted. The feeling is quite
strong that we ahoul.d de no more towards pay
, ing 'the debt - at ,present, but fund it in a long
loan, use-our; capital in developing our resources
and inoreasing-out ability to pay, and also that
there Should be no farther,contraction until some
specified, tinie- 7 say• two or three years hence—
.wheti
,we return to specie payments, and that
then cootraction of the paper 'Currency take
nlateby the inbstitution 'of the coin put in cir
culation. -The hill , will 'no :doubt.pass the Senate,
and will be one step towards a fixed policy. •
. Among ,the .politi.cal. movements of the week
-have, been the vote. of:censure in the House upon
Andrew Johnson, acting President," for re
moving Sheridan; the vote of thanks to Grant for
his letter"to the said' "acting President,"Trotest-
Lin g agahast, the removal of Sheridan and Stanton;
ithe : ,rpollation- of the Rouse, constituting eight
hours a'day's - work for all. workmen in the em
ploy of the Government—a measure that will be
made do service during the coming campaign.
-The Senate has passed the bill taking off the tax
from cotton 7 --lit only for the year 1868. Sena
tor Morton has introduced a bill to abrogate the
State - goVirnmente at the South, and be g in, as
. ought tottave been done long ago, at the b ottom,
eubstat r uting provisional governments in their
stead: '.With:the.military power," said Senator
Morton,, " against,us ia support of the very thing
that we seek to destroy,: pledged to defeat the very
work that we have at heart, and with the State
governinents against: the Governors, State
offieers, .every county officer, every authority high
and : low=we cannot.sueceed in the -work of re
construction, and if we stand still, we may cur
render it _this day.", ,
The' celebration of 'the 'Anniversary of Jack
.son'S'victory, at .NeW Orlearts,`was in the hands
of those Who "sympathized with the rebellion.
1 111e.President.was.there, and was. endorsed and
- put forth as a candidate for the next term. Let
ters were read, from angular), of North Caro-
Aina, A. Stuart, of Virginia , (who would
.riot'come to Washington, becaude- he` would not
be -received: -here "just 'as he was before he
became a traitor,)-Ex Presidents Pierce and Bu
'clianan,,aud young- John Quincy Adams, who has
learnef, in a few.months, to utter , the same plati
tudes about the Constitution, and the tyranny of
theinjetity, "the Jacobins" and "the Radi
cals,",that cropped out in a four years' war, after
'a whole
_generation of sowing of slavery and Cal
lionniem at the South. The President most
con
siderately' 'made no speech, but. in lieu of under
taking to repeat the statements of his devotion to
the Union he so often makes, referred the ban
quetters to his speech to• them a year• ago. Where
_upon his friend, T: B. Florence read from a news
paper the speech referred to. It is a relief that
Mr. Johnson has, at last, found this easy method
of reiterating his opinions. Henceforth when
called upon for a speech; he can assure his audi
tors that be still holds to his speech of March 4th,
1865,0 r that of the 22d of February, 1866, or
when lie needs a veto message, without aid from
any of his numerous compilers, can refer Congress
to the message prepared by Black in 1866. -
So 1868 begins , : at Washington—finance and
reconstruction, the "acting"and the future
President all seethe together; some signs are por
tentous, but Qui transtulit sustinet. FENWICK.
" THE CANDY ScRAPE."—This really good
story in the first number of our paper for this
year, should have been credited to that excellent
Boston Monthly, The Schoolmate, to which we
seldom turn without wishing we could transfer a
large part of the contents to our columns. It is
published monthly, by Joseph 13. Allen, of that
city, in whom we recognize a •co-worker of the
right stamp in. the field of moral and Christian
literature for the young.
THE OCCIDENT, a new paper to represent
the Presbyterian Church, in all its branches,
on the Pacific coast; has appeared in San
Francisco' Cal.,
its first number being an
nounced fo' r the 3d inst. Its,, editor will be
James Eells, D.D. (0. 5.,) assisted by Rev.
E. B: Walsworth (N. S.)