TSS BEDFORD QAZETTE
Ifi rt'BHSHEI) EVERT FRIDAY MOttMMO
BY B. P. MEYEKS,
jrt the following terms, to wit:
2 00 per annum, U paid strictly in advance.
$2.50 if paid within 6 months; $3.00 if not paid
wiihiu 0 months.
£7"No sv^ scr 'P*' on taken 'or less than six months
paper discontinued until all are
nani unless at the option of the publisher. It has
decided by the United States Courts that the
••rpp-igc a newspaper without the payment of
.irearages, is ptima facie evidence of fraud and ff
a criminal offence.
courts have decided that persons are ic
rauntable for the subscription price of newspapeis,
If they take them from the post office, whether they
lubscribe for them, or not.
rustnc3s <£ arils.
JOSEPH W TATE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.
r\V-l? promptly atterd to eolfectior.s an.l a!I busi
es entrusted to his care, in Bedford and adjoining
eur.tes. ....
Cuib advsnced on judgments, notes, military and
other claims-
Has for sale Town lot* in Tatesville, and St. Jo
• enh's, on Bedford Railroiff Farmland unimorove.l
land, from one ucre to 150 acres to suit purch. sers.
Office nearly opposite the "Mcr.gel Hotel" ar:d
B.ok of. Reed St Sc. bell.
Appiiiy lsfo— iy
" M. *. POINTS,
A TTORNEY AT LAW. BEDFORD, PA.
fle-pecifLiiy offers his pi fe3sional services to the
public.
U7"oifice with J. W. Linzentelte-, Esq.. on Juli
ana stfer-t. t wodn >!'S South of the "Mengel House." ,
Bedford, Dec. 9, lb it.
J. R. DUFiBOEROW.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA. j
Olficc one door South of the "Mengel House." 1
Will attend promptly to e'l bu- ; ness entrusted to hi? j
et'e ir. Bedtdrd r.nn sdjoitm g counties.
H, virg also been regul. rly licensed to prosecute t
tl.imi .liiaifj-.t the.Cuvernme.nt, particular attention
w.d be given to the collection of Military clairr.- ot
alt Sine* ; pensions,"back pay, bounty.hoanty ; r>ns, |
fcc. April 1, 1604.
KSi'Y M- ALSIP,
ATTORNEY MX LAW, BED FOP D, PA.
Will faithfully and promptly attend to ail business
entrusted to his care in Bedford aid adjoining cour- j
tis. Military ifatms. back pay, bounty, &c.,
speedily collected.
Office with Mam fa Spcng. on Juliana street/two
duo:, Soft*.hiftf the Mfcrrgtcl House. Jan. 22, '6l.
P M ]. e.0i8T.1.. I. W. LtNCrS'P'.-LTEB
KfSIMSLL St LXN&EUFELTFK,
AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA.
a partnership in tire p r act':ce of
the Law. Office on Juliana street, two door* South
of the "Mciigel House.'-'
G. ET. SPAN®,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
Will promptly attend to collection? and all busi
ness entrusted to his care it? Bedford and adjoining
eounties.
on Lilians Street, three doors south
of the "Mangel House," opposite the resilience ot
Mrs. Tate. May 13, 1604.
JOHN PRE E T).
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD. P\..
TRrsivrtfuUv tenders his services to the Pni/te.
C7~Oftice second door NoitU of the Mengel
House.
Bedford, Arg, 1, 1861.
J0 n N rAL?I ER ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, FA
CT"WiH promptly attend to all bu=ine.-:s entrus
ted to hi- Office on Johanna Street, (near
ly opposite the Mengel House.)
Bedlurd, Aug. 1, 18G1.
I. H. COFFROTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pi.
Will hereafter practice regul wly in the several ,
Courts of Bedford county. Ba- iness entrusted to
%ts cire will be faithfully attended to.
December 6, 1-S6l.
gLC. DOYLE, M. D.,
TD;'-'rdPs professional s• rvices to Ihe citic°ns of
Bleodv Run and vicinity. Office n*-xt door To The
ho'el of John C. Black. [J one 10, 18G4.
J. L. M ARB OIIRG, M. D. j
Having permanently located, respectfully tenders
his professional services to the citizens of Bedford
and vicinity.
Office on West Pitt street, south side, nearly op- ;
pe ite the Union Hotel.
Bedford, Frbiuary 12, ISCJ.
F. M. MANBOT7RG-, M. D ,
5 r H F. I, I. S B C R G. P A ,
Tende r s hi professional services to the prop 1 * of
that place and vicinity. Office immediately oppo
• :!* !h" 'tore of John E. f'olvin, ir. the room for
merly occupied by J. Henry Scheil.
July 1, ISO 1. :
DAVID DEFIB ".UGH,
G l X S M I T JUL? HF.UFORI, PA.,
Wptksbup same as formetly occupied by John
Border, decreed. Rifles •)<! other gitn* rna.le to or
der, in the best style and on r.-asonab'e term?. Spe.
cial attention,\vill be given, to the repairing o. fire
arms. July 1, 18.11-iy
-8 A Jtt IFtKE TT E B AS *
BEDFORD. PA.,
tT7"W<ild hereby notify the citizens of Bedford
ecnntv. that he has moved ro the Borough pt Bed
fei !, where he may at all time* be found by persons
n - :thing to see 1 .'it, ttr.less absent upon busiit.'ss
pertain■ to his office.
Bedford. Aug, ;l a lSsl,
JacAb Regn, ' J.J. ScHXLt.,
REED SFTIEUm
PASSERS k DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDFORD, PKNN A.
jrT"DR A FTS bought and sold, collectiona made,
sod money promptly reminod,
OaposiU sohcit u d. r
" J. ALSIP & SON,
Auctioneers ft loairaiss'on
BEDFORD, P A,?
Respecfullv solicit consigiiments of Boots-and j
Shoes Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, ffirfdall kinds;
•Y Merchandise for AUCTION andERIV AIK Sale. !
REFERENCES.
" BPOPORO, j
Pli m Ford he Job - vfann
> Hough, Hon- i*-'- T. Daughcrty
Armr Yo-I.'g k Bros., B. F. Moyefs.
ier -j l. lSCf—tf. ' I
A ft'&W SFaXK/iT IQX
At t'top Corner.
J. B F A RQUHAR ha* bouiht oiit one of the best
in the Coonty, and ia able now to off r
TEX THOISAM) DOLLARS
WORTH OF GOODS TO THE PUBLIC,
boaffit before the Inst grent rite in jt rices,
and will be sold cheap for Cash.
ET"Don't tail to owll at Fi.rohar' before jn
pr< n*. S. B. FARQUHAR.
5, 1964.
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VOLUME 60.
MEW SERIES.
A NEW YEAR'S GREETING-1
Between the Oarrier and Patrona (
of the '"Bedford Gazette."
JANUARY 1, ISC3.
CAI:::IER.
How are you, dear patrons, this mqminj ?
According to custom, I'm here,
To wish you a happy New Year : '
And I see hy the bright similes adorning
A'our faces. I welcome appear.
FIRST PATRON ( Ar.de.)
I like the little rascal.
For, spite of wind and waatber,
(He's tough as any leather)
For months and years together
i JJa's faithful borne tha task, all.
Of bringing me the news.
How can I then refuse
j To par Lis Now Year dues?
[Hand* t.'ie carritr a "quarter."
CARRIER. J
I thank you " this rnotiey remind? we,
As A. Lincoln would say, of a s'ory:
Once in the bright hey-day of glory,
On a battle-field, shot-ploughed and gory,
An officer stood : truth lnhd me
j To say that 'some rptfyfal mortar
Had "shelTd" the fore part of his leg. i
I "All right," he quietly uttered.
And as he was ban biped, he muttered,
"P>y my hopes of the Coming pavmaster,
I'yc got what tva fight for— ehrrplaster P'
So I beg,
You may all understand
j I hold in mv Laud
What /fight for now—a "quarter!"
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SREUNN PATROW.
Tiris. is the lad who weekly
Brings the printer's jottings,
Distributes at our doors,
Accounts of grand furores; i
Of Bcechor preaching meekly,
Of Opdyke stealing sleekly.
Of J.hf Davis growing weakly,
j Of t'glv Rebel plot tings
T' invade the Northern hord.fr
i
Or with phosphorus and hot things,
Throw New York into disorder;
Of "Bulletins" from Stanton,
Describing pillige wanton,
Of murder, raps and arson,
For which the village parson
I Thanks Ob i each holv Sunday,
And prays our conquering armies
May repeal them all on Monday;
: Of Seward's shrewd despatches,
• Of sleeping Gideon's laches,
Of what ihe last alarm is
i Along the North Potomac— *■
( Of Federal rations vanished
In Moaeby's hungry stomach ;
Of noble patriots banished
For standfr.g hy the cause
Of Freedom and the laws ;
. Of traitorous conspiracies
j Uy O. U. As and K. G. Cs,
As found in Joseph Holt's reports ;
Of blowing up of rebel forts
And "scaling up" of Southern ports,
, Kidnapping judges of the courts. . J
; And all the regal games and sports
Flayed by our noble ruler- now
i For "loyalty's" diversion:
i Of Winter Davis* latest, row
I With Seward and the President ;
Of the wonderful conversion
Through which the friends of Fremont went
For the man they swore was never sens
i On earth to be their President;
. Of all tba proclamations
i About the draft's vexations,
To litis "most distressed of nation*
Ot Executive usurpations
j Sutih as wholesale confiscations,
; Negro emancipations,
Arel other abominations
i Unheard of since Creation's
Ditwn,
j (Of our crack'd Down East relations
j The spawn);
Of every bl<>>dy battle,
W here men, liko driven cattle.
Are crowded to the slaughter
| And human blood, like wafer,
j From many a ghastly wound, :
Moistens the thirsty ;
Of all the AdmmUtration's tricks
From Lincoln's to those of General Dti ;
Of the rise in gold, decline in stocks,
Of oil that mpk.es furluups, or a action-blocks
And, a?-this is all 'rile,
i T'l! glv*-hVm fits' due.
For Lis faitftfbl service the past year through.
... gtu.il la ijixTt* !0Y ■ nor .-j
Cn'owr? nr Pi'rtitWs- i|
Here's your ruouey, printer's devil;
l Spend it in no naughty revel!
C VRRIKR.
! Thanks, friends. I'll hold you ever dear,
i To all good morrow ami a glad New Ywtrl
Freedom of Thonght and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY G, 1865.
j Tlie Attempt to Abolitionize the
j Methodist Episcopal Church-
A Prominsat Layman's reply to the Clergy.
AIWRKSS OF 1). A. OCOKH AT LIMA.
JFrom the lioehectcr T'r.ion. 1
The fbtlowing is the concluding portion of
j the add res-- delivered at Lima by Hon. Darious
A. Ogden, of l'enn Yan .*
Mr. Ggdeit said there was one other subject
upon which he desired to say a word, and he
i dcired to say it litre and now. H ere at Lima, j
! r he'ro ( <he -r-'at. ii.-tLu;ions of le;tt'nirfg of the
j M'tk.-d!*. E; i .opal Church of West era New
; York are located—where intellectuAl power, •
sound theology, and a correct reiigi' v us faith f
| are sujjpose i to be expounded, here at this c.-n- l
: tre of Kv.-ning an ! in the midst of the divines j
jof ths nharcli w.h faith I . rofess and whose ;
• polity re. I de ire, in the exercise of j
a hryruan 9 rig .f, to speak a few plain words, :
for > f was liere and hy an annual conference of 1
; the M K. churcm, Holy organiz-'d artd acting in 11
: ofi iil c.ij'H'-tly, that one of the most outrage- 11
j or" acts of bigotry, wrong aad injustice was J
i pri'ft tre ted, h t-w weeks ago—an insult alike , 1
; to rengion to tire Methodist church, ami' to I i
• „v:ry tu'-mbcr of that church, wiio, in the bun- ! 1
i e. t I''" liberty, belongs to the I)em- ! i
erratic I desire in this matter to bepic- j.
' cisc, and i lie A* U.'Ute the rbffdidtion of tb.o 1
Genesee confer' ucc iiv-'-l recently in Lima: • 1
/.V, f it, That it is the .dfta'' 1 d and deltber- j
i ately fonncd opinion of that , t
the profound and radical issues, whic-ii if? ihe j s
present election eaavaKS are to be met and 'da
cided by "American citizcts a; the ballot box, ,!
divi !e the pc ;1 1 into two great paitir 3 , j 1
Patriots and Traitors. ; f
To this follow two other resolutions in the j J
highest degree laudatory of the present ed- j (
ministration and pledged to its earnt-gt sup- ; s
port. * {a
the mearteg of the resdlutiorts is clear, and ' e
t; c charge la r!e;ib?rste, that all wi.o 'fa n . to 'b
vce ; r 31" I.it.c-'ln, or support l.'.s adminrs- ' e
tmtioa P'-l ■}, are rraito.% In this revolt;:i-m it
there is rfo alio wan re lor honest dlfroia nrea of 1 j
opt! '• ~ no charity such n - the .g-.rgjel jficcl- J i
cat; s, no tolerat: n finch as the' Saviour prtieii- •
cod and taught, but it i- a stern, and I will add, j 1
uitcliristian conden.nation of tnilltona if men, v
who are quite as fai[!;ful to tlieir country, to c
liberty, to ihe govern meat, and who have shown . p
it by word ati J deed, ar:d sacrifice and devotion, i t
"U HiCae divines-. tho>-* ~ J ■ ! ..muir-a-a.irl i. v l;r. jj,
e* wlio,nuts .je ot ttoeirealitng, outside of ail dc- j
cere:y and eliri-tian cletrity, set them-clvcs up .1
a political judges, and partisan poii it tans.-r- b
I hey ppeak of i-suea but name theiu not. Alt 1 1:
tie sjiecittcatiirtis they make to sustain this li
grata ; barge of treason, is opposition to the ' a
admit.Liration of Mr, Lincoln.—in o'.lter .words ' t
support of (ha. McClifilati is tivr.aun. This i.- !■
the substance of t.hi- infamous charge so revo.t- j I
ing to all proprieties of Christian intercourse '1;
nail with nn intolcreuce belungir-jj to the dark I I
agis, is qiLcially in;Jc hy clcr.. vinen of a church j r
hoasttul, i.i-d justly so it: it - paln.y and prinii- j"!
live days, of its defence of ti.v liberty of con- • f
s. ictiv-e and of the riglud of the people to dilibr , t
with t-.Utbiishcd Stale churches and politiciil a
hierarchies. I respect the clergy, their fulling (■
is thf n.obl sut ietl, most iiguilied and impor
tant on earth ;in their apptopriate splintc, 1 v
will pny tt.cm all duo rtgpcqt, defend their rights t
and Itstcn to their, tcav hii gs, hut when they t
jay their sacradotal.robesf apide, bccopie.braw- s
ling polili iatiS, eqibassadoi sof the Ucpuhiicati t
party sret Ai rubatn Lincoln rather, than the (
.blcst-cd Saviour, untl prca*. u p;:rti-a ■ politics in
stead of the-Gospel, 1 can but look upon the 1
ph iuu's they present v L sadn. -s and disgust,
fuiicii irom the inobt ulcy atcd catling. 1
v' ilh snot buy tnioiiit sm and iutv viiupcralion c
they trample L'hrt'dan charity in li.e dust ant! c
j set the vi ry bud cxainp-lo 01 isidulgi. g evil lent- I
i per.- and uttering wholesale shut 1< rs. Ami yet -i
;tl.'-cmcn are our pastors, shepherds of the
j Ciiri: ;ian tiock. God defend ihe tiock arid save I
i the people from the example and teachings of t
| this at :ai t ianatici-w. Then my weak and j
j tuts-tiidtid jKiiilicai hucksters, these rt verend i
gentlemen say we sock to unntan them by de- r
1 nying to thcrit the right to indulge in partisan 1
' di.-ctt.syiona. Not at all. YVe did not ask them
■to liecotnc tqini,.-irs. They claim to L.,ve been 1
j called of God. Their vow# were seif-impostd. j
i hey vote set a:>a: to ilt.>. holy w. :k of the t
Ghtif:ir*#i tnini-iry by their own consent. It is c
a jiect.iittr, special and holy we'k. Honestly
parsticd it does nsqioscrrtiraiala. And if they e
Lave 1,-teome weary in weii doing, tired ofjheir t
[ work, end long tor ihc ipoliticiito's work, and t
: desire to become sfi.np c.iir'-. rs ami partisan i'
I fjolit rai preachers, Lt thorn, like honest pren, (
1 doff lhtirrcbc-s and enter the list, ami t-ke the <
I jough ttnd tuiubic of the etrile. They hve no f
right, li! e onwards, to skulk behind the p.ulpii, "
put on -ktiCtiiii'-ntous ait**, and then ottter tboil ' t
Anathemas against all in the pew or church who ?
; diiii-r win iiietn in pujitioal opinion. Much is. t
not got pel preaching either in spirit or word.
,km If was not ths import of their ord'uiari' n \
j vows. Such was not the holy work to which 1
j tbey were soletuniy devlirated and apart, and 1
! woe be to thetn if they leave the Muster's work <
; for 1 his otlwr work-—I heir opinions are their j i
! own, tae:r ballot within tti?ir own keeping and j i
j tar I* it Hunt me.to condemn the free exercise j;
;of either. "1 is nut-of this that I complain, but j 1
. of their iii-ulb iai le intolerance, their dic'.iitor- j i
Lai their abnegation of all charity, their ; J
w bo! -snie slander. \\ iiy, they charge treason, ' <
oneot the .highest crimes, upon nll.rucn and 1
women in 4l>e church or out, who belongs to 1
I.the.Democratic pa ty%.nd wbh.iu thio election
, gupjiort Geot-'B. AieGlellan
; That iff the monstrous anti-Christian spirit
' cnanilcsted by Ihe conference of divines, and it j
deserve* condemnation und mufft iceeive tbe re- j
I probnticn of fair minded Lonest KepublicanS, .
jas well as Democrats. Such a fipirit and such j
language is not religion, but bigotry: 'tis not
the gospel nor its preaching, but the lowest form
of funnticism and the most dangerous kind of
deviltry. Its only tendency is to breed conten
tion, animosity, hatred and civil war. Men
are not to sit tamely down and be sent to the
pi? a* a cutVfrrenee of ministers be
onse t i oy* cannot, in the discharge of their du
ty, vot* f - Mr. Linijoln. They wiil and must
rcent the iusuLt; it is not in human nature to
bear it. lYe, as Democrats, are honest in our
politics : *wr opinions are seriously and relig
iously forced. Wo believe, religiously believe,
that the holiest and best good of the country j
demands rt change of administration. To this j
end we w srk as patriots. We see in this course ;
the only -nr.-? way out of our national trouble®, j
I the only certain and safe path to honorable and :
lasting peace. We seek to save and perpetuate j
this Govern men!. To this end we support and j
intend to vote for Gen. McCiellan. In all this j
we are sif.eehe, earnest, honest ; and then are J
we to be told by:your body of priests that we j
arc traitors? No. A conference who will thus j
resolve are beside themselves. They have fai- j
len from grace, turned a-i.io from their legitmate {
calho". a . 1 allowed t heir political partisan zeal |
lo must ;r, their christian charity. They are
r,o a rjhgiuus bud}', and no longer enti- j
tied lo je-;>ect as sucli. They are a j&pubii* I
can caucus or convention, an ! have substituted
for rl r'rr leatlcr and teacher "Our Abraham," .
as crrr of the number calls 3lr. Lincoln.
Am I too sovt rej -do 1. exaggerate do ij
bring into contc.apt this I: :y ot u ini-ltcs, at'd ,
r fate M-if . osi'ti in, their pc'i-.w a'ftd wrong t
doiasr? R.rad again the rvsbtiition of their ek- j
iter position, T'Lcre is no evading it, ttiey re- 1
in conference wit Lout specifying *.}" Uiiog, ]
ho* oppo:-iu„-n to Mr. Lincoln's re-election, that 1
roilii'.i" r*f. tiieir feiiow-citizens of the foyal'
.State® nre. vile c ••mioaL, trcitois liable to <feitb. •
An 1 if borvest, can these gcntli tnen stop herei j
Can they make these gravf? charges and then i
stop if they are sincere and hotu;-' j They must •
arraign every Democrat who belongs fd their?
ciihfchcs: try cveiy </r.e oppO-ed to liuicoln t
and expei them as traitors. To .this it must!
corneal !:jst, if these men speak the truth arid 1
mean vyh -t th y suy. Nay, more, they must <'
pro-c-t lit: tluni in tlio courts, indict, try ntid i
bang them as traitors.
The e tucn tire like Saul, as tired with zeal I
he went Acm Jcrufaletn to Damascus. In ULs
view all t'ic. followers of Jesus were traitors,
d-.-e'rving of chains, prisone, death; and hi 3
party scot i.i.n out on niserrand of destruction,
but he. wnp.f licit no Christian .minister; then
!>. v.-w nosiit ri.RMi of the Jewish Sanhedrim—
he was ]• (lowing art a...1unn..->;- • Vg
down to power; an. 1 , although lie might have
been vorv hon-st, be was certainly very wrong:
and when tire High and Lofty One touched his
hi-art, a: d when ihe scales foil from his cyos,
and he -aw tlte truth and became imbued with
the temper, c pirit and faith of Jesus, he ac
knovvit 1 Lis tr: --t and tn.iile confession of;
In- -in. find how unlike was Paul, the Christian, j
hero.and frani-ler, and Saul the hitter, unre-J
lenting partisan and bigot. Again, let these j
ministers of the Genesee Conference contrast '
their't.ivn harsh resolution with their Master's'
Sermon on rite Mount, and sre if in their zeal
th y !,ad not forgot tfie teaching, the example
anifjirit of Him "who spake as man never
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I have no doubt these mistaken men will blush
with shame, confess in sorrow and repent when
the excitement of the canvass shall be over,
and when religion, reason and right thoughts
hhiiii resume control over them, and that their j
folly wiil appear as it is and they wilt ask the j
Great Head of the Church,to forgive them j
You will mark that iny complaint is not that j
these t , ii arc Republicans—that they vote for
Mr. Lincoln—that is their privilege; bat it is j
th. ir depart; 're fivm all decency, Christian j
courtesy an 1 charity, and their wholesome mi®- j
crull'.: slanders and denunciations of men as c
hoiKst as them®dve* and whose only offense
i.® a difference i political opinion.
I am often met by tiiis class pf clerical poii
tieia!.® with the assertion : why yon are con
tending for slavery : you snk to uphold a stu
pendous svfitem of moral wrong, and we "can
byt, denounce your course! Henest as these!
m n may be in thi®, they are entirely mistak-!
en; they mistake and misstate the real issue—• j
as we umlc -land it We contend not for pi a- j
wrx —wc wage no political campaign for it; J
purporting to support G neral M Clellan with j
no intent to uphold slavery or give it aid and i
cofuforf. We strive for the maintenance of!
the iJovernmennf —the tree cohsfiiutitfnal (iov- j
ernment < f our fathers —for its nmlfttenance J
with all its biasings to us and our posterity, we j
right tlii? political battle and go so earnestly j
in this election. We sec in the election of
General McCiellan hope for our country, through j
and by a change of administration. We cx- j
pert to restore the Union, ta stay the carnage ;
and suffering of war, and give back to a!! our :
peopie law, order and const it t"ir>ual liberty, !
\MJ> peace an! prosperity. And for this we I
are denounced as traitors.
If the admission be made even that slavery
was indirectly, if not direotly the cause of the
war, it by no means follows that it is or can
be the legitimates object of tba war. Mr. Lin
coln got up no such pretence in the beginning—
it is a State, not a national institution; it is
oatriul to mo, to us all; wo dislike, it—we de- j
sitfr its qverthr-w —will do all that is consistent j
'with the Consripntion of our country to abolish
it; but we niust take tbiugs us they are, alldw
r<Asoo and .cominon sense to apply- I cannot
consent to overthrow all theguarrantees which
secures liberty to white men in a bootless cvu
6ade against slavery. If in the struggle to up
hold the Constitution, to maintain the Govern
ment, slavery bo incidently or acciffently killed,
I shall rejoice; but when I see a great people
plunge.iutq hopeless, exterminating war for ab
olition, the Constitution set aside, the legilioaato
1 objects, of war perverted, and with all, no good
'even to (hcyb'.ack man. promised, I think it ia
time to pause, examine and change, if we can,
WIIOIiE JVUiflfilEK, 3001
this policy eo destructive of the white man's
rights, so hopeless for the future of our coun
try, and with no promise of permanent advan
tage to the black maD.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer,
FOUR YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
Four years ago this morning the Convention
of South Carolina assembled to pass its famous
Ordinance of Secession. W hat memorable year
have those been in the national history; What
! thoughts and recollections are suggested hy (fit l
! fact tht we are now about to enter upon the
j fifth year of this bloody and desolating war—
j for coercive steps were immediately taken by
j the federal Government after the 16th of De
cember, iB6O. Fort Sumter was strengthened
| —Col. Anderson withdrew 'into it from Fori
| Moultrie—the Star of the West, with rcinfore
| men!s and provi-ionr, was fired upon while en
? deavoririg to enter the harbor of Charleston,
! under the Stars and Stripes, and the great dra
; ma of revolution commenced that was to con
| vulse the continent in agony and blood. We
; say commenced—but we only mean it then as
| sumed the phase of violence. It was the cul
| inipating point of thirty years' agitation of the
j slavery question—of an interference .with it t:n
--! wise and improper, that the wise and je-dicious
feud long fore-.en, with sorrow, was likely to
| bring forth bitter, if not Moody, fruit, The j
; seeds of th.c terrible catastrophe were sown thtr
j ty years ago bv the affiliated societies of Obi
(am! New Kngland. and tiiey were &n\vn profuse
! iy ypon rich and f-riiie soil,
j Huw few oi those who were s> prcrr.pt to
; ergo the policy of coercion upon the part'of tbe
j States adhering to the Union, bad any Ten!iz
■ nig senso ot what woulJ.be the consequence of !
that policy, 'i heir ignorance 4hen is nqweon
i fi'V-ed by the leading advocates of t!u poEev, j
: although it was hardly necessary, for tbGr ptv-
I dictions of lSJOare almost ludicrous when read i
; by. the light of history in 1864. It wa3 not i
; suspected by (liem that w hen we commenced ;
the fifth year after Secession w obould l>e in I
the position we are to-day—that is, with the
job,we then.undertook hardly commenced.
The 1 'resident lias had every man. and more I
than every man, that he has called.for, and he j
has asked for millions to establish his policy of I
Union based upon force. He has had more j
than every dollar that he has asked, and he has
asked for thousands of millions. What oppo- I
sit tun to the war there has been upon the part
ot l he thoughtful, intelligent and conscientious |
portion of tfie community has not. in. the least !
I
this long journey of four years in the path* of!
blood and v. ar, what has been accomplished by ■
it? What are theprotni-esof the future? These
are g r avo inurrogativep; that are worthy bf the
most set inus public reflections Are not the !
secedet) States more united i.t resistance now
I than they were four years ago? Are they not
animated by more intense passions of undying
! h :ie of their old political associates? HaVethey
| not now, what they did not have in December, \
1860, large and finely disciplined armies, well
armed and led by able Generals .• Aic they not ,
infinitely better prepared to Continue the slrug
gie than they were when our coercion friends, j
upon looking at them, considered that they were !
so,weak that .their resist nee would be but a j
sixty days'affair irt opposition Mo our armies? i
Four years ago, the Statty of Virginia, by an
immense majority, was opposed to Secession. !
She sta ids to-day the Ajax of Secession—the ;
most powerful by far of ail the States that ral
ly around that ilag. Tennessee and North Car
olina now stand by the side of Virginia, alt ho* ,
in 1860 they were well affected toward the i
Federal Ufirea. How much of the territory |
of the seceded States does the flag of* the Union
now float over? We hnvo overrun a considers- :
hie portion of thein; but what do we now hold ?
How much in Georgia, the seat of such despe- j
rate struggles and sucu heroic fighting on the I
part of Gen. Sherman and his array ? Are not ;
the Confederates in possession of the whole 1
State, from tbe seacoa&t to the Tennessee line ? j
Have we not evacuated it, after overrunning i
all Northern and Central Georgia, in order to !
take up a position on theseacoast? Save a few j
towns in Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, j
what do we hold in those great States? What ;
are our possessions in theCarolmas, and in Eas- |
tern and Central Virginia? Next to nothing—
and tills after tbe calling out of millions of brave ■
men and the disbursement of thousands of tril
lions of money-
Even if the war is to ba prosecuted, it do. s no
harm to look these facts in the face. Those
who would cone."al th ;m, imagine that in order
to he a patriot one must be a foal and a moral
coward. It is far easier and more satisfactory
i to dre- Vrightnnd brilliant pictures for the peo
ple, but we prefer to teil, and they should pre
fer to hear, for their own good, unwelcome
truths and see the portrait more darkly colored
when such arc its tints and shades., We w ill
' have no hand or part in deceiving the people.
We will not plav the demagogue to thero, in or
der to advance our own interests—nor will we
: minister to or throw incense upon the altar of
misdirected passions or unfounded prejudice.—
We can not have confidence in the future pre
diction* of success upon the part of th* se who,
four years ago, with additional emphasis, by
! the employment of the eame means, seduced
j the ; people into a policy of whose results they
now admit themselves ignorant. The false
prophets of 1860 are not likely to ho tba true
guides cf 1865.
<srA veteran officer presented a memorial to
Napoleon, soliciting a pension. "Wo shall see,"
was the Emperor's reply. "Hire, you may see
now, if you will deign to look," said the eol
dicr uncoveriug a breast scarred all over. The
pension was granted on the spot.
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considered by Congress. Soma of the members,
votes, then, will require stamps
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VOL. 8, NO. 23.
A SPARTAN MARRIAGE.
Many of the laws of Lycurgus, in connec
tion with this subject, would undoubtedly meet
with the approbation of the fair sex of mod
cm times. Hie time for marriage was fixed
by a statute, that of the tpan at about thirty
or thirty-five years, that of tiie lady at about
twenty or a litdo-youuger. All uren who coo
tinned unmarried after the appointed time wc*o
liuble to prosecution, and all Old baebglors were
prohibited from being present at the public er
: ereisea of the Spartan maidens, and were da
j nied lie usual respect and honors paid to the
aged. '-Why should I give you place," cried
the yourrg man lo the old unmarried gentieraan,
"when you have no child to give place to me
when I ain old 1" No marriage portions were
given to any of the maidens, so, that neither
poverty should prevent a gallant nor riches
tempt hi in to marry contrary to his inclinations.
I he parent's of three children enjoyed consider
able immunities, and those with four children
paid no taxes whatever—a regulation which all
married men of large families will readily ad
mit to be most wise and equitable. Every
marriage was preceded by a betrothal, as in
other Greek cities, but the marriage itself was
performed by the young Spartan carrying off
his bride by pretended'abduction, and for some
t time afterward the wile continued to. reside with
j her. own family, and. only met the husband on
staled occasions. Tins extrhoj'.fiiuyy way of
| spending the honeymoon was first introduced
iby Lvcitrgus, to prevent tlie husband from
i wasting too much of his tioje in ids wife's so
; ciety. during the Hist years.u their rnaniago.j
and in order 'to •iecohomiXe' the bride's charms,
it wn customary-for her bridesmaid to cot off 1
all her liulr on her. wedding day, so that for
I some time at least, her personal attraction!
j should increase with her years—a very good
and commendable plan, which we hdre recom*
mend to the wives of tire present day.
MONEY.—Money is a queer institution. It
buys provender, satisfies justico, heals wounded
honor. Every thing resolves iself into cash,
from stock-jobbing to building churches. Child
hood craves pennies, youth aspires to dimes,
manhood is swayed by the mighty dollar. The
blacksmith swings the sledge, ihe'lawyer pleads
i for his clients, the judge decides the case of Ufa
, and death, forasalary. Money makes the man
j —therefore man must make money, if he would
; be respected by fools—for the eye of the world
; looks through golden spectacles." It buys Brus
■ sels carpets, lace curiums, gilded cornices, rich
I furniture, and builds marble mansions. It drives
! os tu.cliurlh in splendid equipages and pays ths
it. hiiys snk and jcweiry io <> v ~„v .Lu
rnnr.ds obkqaioos attention. 1: gilds the rug
ged stent'3 of life, and spreads over our rugged
| existence a velvet carpet, soft to our tread; (h*
rn:!: turmoils .an 1 scenes are encased in a gilt
frame. It bids care vanish, soot lies ihe anguish •
of the bed of sickness—-stops short of nothing
save the grim destroyer, whose relentlc33 hand
I spares none, but levels all mortal distinction,
and teaches poor humanity that it is dust.—
Thus wealth pauses on the brink of eternity—
tiie b.-ggar and the millionaire rest side bv side
j beneath the sod, and raise ia equality to'answer
j the final summons.
THE REASON WHY.—Onfe.day, recently,*
i gentleman who holds a responsible and lucrative
position in government, concluded.to' change
, ids lodgings, and sent one of the waiters of the
! hotel, where lie had selected apartment*, after
his baggage. Meeting the waiter art hour or
two afterwards, he said
| 'Well, John, did yen bring mv baggage down?'
'No, sat*,' biar:d!y responded the sable gen -
: tiemao.
•Why—what was lhe reason?'
I 'Case, ?ar, de gentleman in de office said yon
i hadn't paid your bill.'
•Not paid my bill,—why-, that's singular, he
! knew me very well when he kept the Girard
j House in Philadelphia.'
; 'Well, mebby,' rejoined John, thoughtfully
| scratching his head, 'mebby dat was de-reason
| he wouldn't gib me de baggage.'
letter from a traveler in the new oil re
gions of Pennsylvania, says: "We were pad
j died across the creek by an oil prince, aged 15,
i heir to a million, coatless and hatless. and with
but one suspender to keep his courage and lit!
; trousers up."
] Ar tens as Ward : "Yn tnAy differ as
j much as yn pleeze about the stile of a young
j lady's figgr-r, but I tell yu Confidentially, if she
has forty thousand pounds, the figger is abejt
as near rile as you'll git it." *
S3?" "I will grant ail you desire/' said * young
lady to her lover, "on condition that you give
me what you have not, never can have, but
what you can give to nte." What did she ask.
for ? A husband. -
0"A? a gang of young Loyal League™ were
issuing from the Fifth Avenue Hotel, the other
night, vociferously singing-r- ~ ■ r
"Pally round the flag boys; rally once again,"
a worn-out soldier exclaimed, "Well, you noisy,
cowardly rascals, why don't you do it?" Tbe
young Leaguers eloped.— Day Hook■
■How siren.—-"If a snan jells his watch to r
SSO; buys it back fur S4O; and sells it for $45,
how much does he make in the transaction ?"
It looks as if he made sls r hut be didn't Boy,
can you tell how much?
~ - i A
€7- A question for Revenue Assessors; Is It
disloyal two eat Eorlooer Saggage, bekaua*
dorga ain't taxed?
ylf men will but amuse the world, it
freely forgive them for cheating it
f4m —i —■.
wMost ruea hate all lies whiuh thy don't
1 otter thtsuci vts
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