BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
pr-f)ootVs, ftr.
/ G OOD NEWTT
FOR THE TEOPLE !
J. M. SHOEMAKER
Ha# just received a large and varied assortment of
FALL and WINTER GOODS,
of all description®, which have been bought at
UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES,
and which ke is determined to sell CHEAP.
They consist in part ot
Dry Good®.
Boots and Shoes.
Ready-made Clothing,
Hats and Caps,
Fresh Groceries.
Backets and Brooms,
Queensware.
T-'baceo,
Segars. Ac.
Give him a call and see for yourselves.
nev6th.'6S J - M. SHOEMAKER.
1868. _ FAU "
G. R. OSTER A* CO.
Have just received a large and Attractive Stock
of new and cbisp
FALL GOODS,
CoUrETStSG
Lai rf dress go -is.
Cloths,
Casshseres,
Satinetts.
Tweeds.
Jean®.
Flannels.
Ready-made clothing.
Hat®.
Caps,
B oou.
Shoes,
Fresh FaaiiT Groceries.
Tobaccos,
fcegar®, Ac..
DECIDEDLY CHEAP.
Bedford x-tlfi.'&s
TTENDER^'N'S f -'ebratp-l Fresh
Gr-. und, Extra Faini'r Flour nstaatly in Store
and t r - vie by G. K OSTER A CO.
oet!6,"sS
A B. CRAMER A- CO.
H tve now open and offer for sale,
AT REDUCED PRICES,
the forges: and most elegant #t • k of
FALL and WINTER GOODS
to be found
IN BEDFORD COUNTY!
The ax®, na.es: is c mf iete. as-i GBEAT BAR'
irAlss eTtrv iex xtTit will be f rel.
r A-. A B CRAM EE i CO.
K\U GOODS!! NEW GOODS
The undersigned ha? just reweired frt-m she East a
.argt an i varied stock of New Goods,
whii-IS are BOW vi-EC. for
exfemiuati-'-n, at
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West f Bedf -d. c--mprfoing everything
asaiily found in a fir-'-eias- <r--ustry store
consisting, in part, of
Dry-Goods,
* Delaines,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
Ca.—iniers.
Boots and .Shf?es,
Groceries.
Notions,
Ac., Ac.
All A which will t.e w.'i at the stoat reasonable
prices.
p.--r t-.-* :'SV -- we e.-fo;i; a Ci=-
Gsuan- -oi the ;at foe trocage
I J ■ C*' ,! and exam r go->i®.
mfy24. 87. G. YEAGES
4 full assortment of
X E W G O O D S
AT M C FETTERLY 3 CORNER.
-te the Wasaiog" ' H tel. where will be
t uu-i st al time® DRY ar i FANCY G ' Ds
adapted to the daily wantacf fmilie®:
Shawl®.
Bonce tj,
Hi#.
Cl .ak G - dt,
uf the best quaiitiea and istest :y , A full liae
■■■• Wsite O'-vls Wcoler: G >d.. H -'.try. Glore*.
H* ikerehief®. Lazes Ac . A:
Thaakfa. • the pa';-lie for pin: pair ..sg*. we
fc-.'-e *• merit a>ntinna&:e of toe aame in tie
future M C. FETTEELY.
MfllmS*
T r A R D W A R EAST O V ES!
BACGHMAN GUMP A CO
Bioody Run, Pa.
DEALER.- IN*
balfcr: in Iron, Nail-,
Horse Shoes, Springs, Axies,
Thimble Skeins. Hutzs, Spoke-,
FeLs—. Sleigh Runn'-r-. Sl-igh
r rk-. MWWfa. Saw, Axes,
Spoons, Cutlery, Cooking and
Heating Stoves for coal or
wood. Glas<s. Paints, Oils,
Lam ps, Wo>i en ware,
Ac., Ac.
Ttev manufacture Tit, and Sheet Irr.swai* and
cave coaatantly -m baud as aiw-rimeet f
TINWARE and .-ToYE PIPE.
Ail good® kept by them will be 11 at the I>w
ei: price?. ueta
Lseeueed by the laitei State* Gvivarsieeßt ,
e <<) O D N E W
" f ran ■ zia< .r
STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
HARRINGTON A CO.
Oi fifteen ytr '.auii*g M Jc-bforre Reteilera
at the ai> v* g— -i. in Bev* ar-i ric'iity. Lave
oae cdad te "ffur to tfce pe---i : -,f tie wfc-.la
eevt-trj tee al>actag<
tati.-a® Kd agec; .ea : Amer. as rcauafa -forit®
tfcr agh the pupa a®ONE DOLLAR SYSTEM.
Oar Prtcu-.iim Lf to Acrru and luxcYez.gr
L:et for Ageat® at<d Fair s.* ace net aqaallad by
anr b-a®* is the ewmiry
feees New Turk and 8.-reforest* given
vkta restored Seni frseCir-alar
HARRINGTON A CO..
V- 81 MMLii SIREET h';-TON
de4m3 Y'rey* 'Ste B-x Ast.
JgUY YOUR NOTIONS
<if
dte.4 R w BEUKSmHtKEh
Tiooflunrt's Column.
Y° u ALL
DAVE HSABP OF
HOOFLANDS GERMAN BITTER?,
ASD
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TOXIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jack;oc. Philadelphia.
Their ictroductiott into thte country from Ger
many occurred in
1823.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from j T the many preparations
row in the c untry eal I—l led Bitters or Tonics
They are no tarens A.A preparation, or any
thing like one; but good, honest, reliable medi
cine?. They are
The greatest In o ten remedie* for
Liver Complaint.
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debilitv,
JAUNDICE,
Diseased of the Kidneys.
ERUPTIONS OF THE sKrX
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD.
Coßstipation, FUtolense. loxiri Piles. Palines
o." BK -J to the Heal. Acidity of the Stomach.
Naasea, Heartburn. Disgust for Fowl. Fuii
cess or Weicbt m theS?. taaeh. Soar Erac
tatfot)?. Sicking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach. Swimming of the
Head. Hurried or Difficult Breathing.
Fluttering at the , Heart, Cooking or
Suffocating Sersu I I tfon? when in a Lying
P. -"lire. D:LE-" -fx./ Vision, Do:- >r V.fobs
before the sigh- Dull Ptin ia the H:-ad. Defi
ciency t Per-ptratior. Yellowness of the Skin
aEd Eyes. Pain in the Side. Back. Chegt,
Limbs, etc., Su iden F'.cshes of Heat.
Burning in the Fl ii: C 1 . : ■
cicgs of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
! All there indicate diffuse* of the Liver or Di
gestive Organs, combined with impure blood.
HOOFLAND S GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vegetable &nd c stair.; no liquor. It
tea < Et- und of Fluid Extracts. The Knot®.
Herb®, and Barks from which these extracts are
snade. are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueus sre ex . . tra.'te-i from them by
a scientific Chemist- f ft These extracts are
then forwarded t this * ' e untry tobensei ex
pressly for the manulaeture of the s e Bitters.
There':® BO alcoholic substance of any kind used
in comj -jundiisg the Bifoers. Lecc-e it is the only
Bitters that can be used in cn-es where alcoholic
stimulant- are not advisable.
HOOFLAND S GERMAN TONIC
;i? a eomiiaati of ail the ingredients of the Bit
ters. with rr&E Santa Crat Ram.Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases a the Bitters, ia case
where - me pure alcoholic stimulu is required.
Y u will bear in mind that these r- r—di-s areea
tirely different from any others advertised f the
eure'of the diseases named, these being - dent'Sc
; reparati cs of medicinal extracts, while the eth
er- s.re mere decoction® of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and
' agree'.We remedies ever ffered to the public. Its
ts-te is exquisite. Iti; a pleasure to take it, while
its afe-givuig, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be km. wn a® the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is nf> medicine equal to Hoofland Ger
man Bitter® or Tonic w'-q in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone l-t and vigor to the wt !e
;y-"*'Ln. " strengthen A. the appetite, cause an
t'r.t } ment f the f -d. enable the stomach t-. di
rest :t. purify the bloa;i give a good, ®oasd,
Leslthy milex: n. eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye. m' '■ rl a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the p.atient tr .m s short-breathed, emaci
ated weak and nervous invalid, W a fuU-faeed,
it-mt. and Tigoroas person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made sir ng by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fort, they ore Pamiiy Medicines. They can be
a iininistered with perfect safety to a ehtl i three
months old. the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
These remedie* are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever kre-wn and will cure all diseases resulting
from bod bk-l. Keep your b'.o-.-i pure; keep
y sr Liver is order*' keep year digestive
"•rgac® in a .wand, I healthy condition, by
tee csc ,f these reme J-i dies, and no disease
will ever assail yc.u The bert men is theeoantry
rw;o3metid them. If years of honest reputation
go for anything, yon mast try these preparations.
FROM HON GEO. W. WOODWARD.
Chief Jastice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
Ph llat> X lrbia March 16. 1867-
I Cud that --'Hoofland'sGerman Bitters'" is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
lal in it- Tier; jf -he digestive organ* and of
great benefit ID eases of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Trulv.
GEO. W. WOODWARD.
FROM HON. JAMES TAOMPSON.
Judge of the Supreme C:.-nrt of Pennsylvania
PaiLAJ.ai.Pß3x. April 2b. ItfA
I consider H -ffanl's German Bitter; ' a Talaa
ble m-iicine in eoe . rf attack# of Indigee
-a or Dyspepsia. I V can certify this fr m
nt ex: .r.enc* of i ak 5 u-. w r--t.
' * JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV JOSEPH H. KENNAED. D. D..
Put-.r f the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
De. JACSS-.s-DEAE SIR —I have beet: fre
quently requested to o&aoct my name with ree
'mtneL latv. ns f different k.r:-i? ofmediciße®. but
regardD;- ti.e piactice a# out of toy appropriate
f-jhere, I have is all ease* declined; but wrh a
• fo*r j reof in van us iaevmre-. mod particularly
in y ir. family- f the usefulne®a of Dr H .-
lofidT Germat: BiUers I depart for once from
my usual c arse, to expr--- my fa'.i eoavieii'in
| that for general debility of the system, and e*-
pe ...y :-? Lteer COB plaint. : t it a ah
i-x voIUA: le prepare xL ti a. In to me ea#-.
• may ir'i- T* y j ,q.
will be very beneficial to tbi—e wb-o;ufferfrom the
ab ve ts. Yew® very mpectfully,
J H EEXNARD
Eigtb. below Coatoi Street.
CAUTION.
11, Saad"# German Remedie® we e
Tit jeoaice nsvt the signature of C M Is. a
- v a the frost of the outride wrapper <•{ each
bottte. at i the uatae of the article blown ic eoeh
bottle- AB other® ere eoanterfcit.
Price of ihe Bitter-, cl |>*-r Lottie;
Or, a half dozfeii for j-j.
Price of the Tonic, $1 30 per bottle;
Or, a half 'lozea for 30.
The ViDit is pa: up ia quart b<ttles
Reeidletthat it i# Dr. H Gemaa
Bem-vlie* that are uiav*r-i!y u-e-i end so
n galy reßommeuded; w and ti'j t 4 al. ,w the
Drugg.-t to lui'itm I lyva to toke anyti. ug
el—. tit at Le may wyl/ ® just a; be-
fee make• a larger pjvif - sit I :.** Beme
wi'l be sen' by txp.-etito any 1 -.ality ujxen
to !b
FBLVCIFALCFFICS;
At the German M i: s-iorf*.
No 631 ARCH STREET. Philadelphia.
CHAri. M. EVANS,
PIhfJI'EIETGR.
Firmtlj C. M JACK-GX A Co.
I The®* Beeaadie® are for •D by Dntggit®,Store
keeper® ami Medicine Dealers everywhere.
!Do met forget to examine the aruuefjeeu bog
tn order to get tkeg'nmne
may2k 6syl
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OI R COUNTRY.
Thanktx'HS liay HvrvlM*. Sermon bj
iirv. John ( linrabcr*. "The future of
the Nation. Hlwl Shall it Be?"
Yesterday morning, according toan
nouncemerit, Thanksgiving services
were held in the First Independent
Church, Broad street, Rev. John
Chambers, pastor. At the opening
hour, eleven o'clock, quite a large con
gregation assembled. After introduc
tory services, approprmte for sjiecial
thanksgiving, and a collection for
benevolent purposes, the pastor deliv
ered a sermon upon the existing con
dition of things in our country.
Mr. Chambers announced his sub
ject of discourse as "The Future of our
Country. What shall it be?"
His sermon was drawn from the fol
lowing text: "Righteousness exalteth
a nation, but siu is a reproach to any
people."—Proverbs, xiv., 84.
The following is substantially his re
marks :
I have selected this subject after a
great deal of thought and reflection,
because I supposed that there was not
an American citizen, whose heart was
in the right place, that would not feel
interested in its solution. Far be it
from me, on aa occasion like this, to
introduce any topic in the pulpit calcu
lated to set men at variance with each
other, or to accomplish any other ob
ject than the alliance of the heart of
man to God and to his brethren. I
therefore solemnly declare that the
single, sole and pure object that I have
is to make to you such statements as,
in my conscience before God, I believe
will aid this people and nation.
I recognize in this discourse no par
ty, no class of men, but will look sim
ply at the facts ;.s they are, and look
at them fairly, and present them to
you fearlessly, leaving you to judge as
to their righteousness, or unrighteous
ness; their applicability or their want
of applicability.
The statement of the wise man is,
"that righteousness exalteth a nation,
and sin is a reproach to any people."
With the pa-t history of our country
we are all familiar, or ought to be.
A brighter, a grander history was nev
er made by men or nations than was
made by the people of America in the
first seventy-five years of her nation
ality. Springing up from the child
hood of her being into a mature man
hood, in the brief period of years that
rolled on from her commencement, to
about the close of her seventy-eighth
year, Ler progress was marvellous; her
far-reaching influence wonderful. The
men that filled her.offices of trust, and
those who were Senators and Repre
sentatives of her national as well as
state governments were men whose
peers could only be found among the
mightiest of nations! Multitudes; of
TTteni mere weie Jf- ,-iivh a east and
character of mind that a singe mark of
their pen would make raonarchs quake
and thrones tremble. Her moral quali
ties- were equally great.
The present, however, I must can
didly admit, i- shorn of its original
glory and grandeur. Of this you can
speak as well a- I; of this you must
decide from your own experience as I
have endeavored to decide from mine.
To this conclusion you must come, or
not, a" you investigate the records of
the past. In the days that have gone
by, statesmanship was magnificent,
it dwarfed, and bereft of every evi
dence of its moral character. I give
tiii- a? my deliberate judgment, from
my own observation.
Men of the present age have, lost
their manhood; that high sense of
honor which distinguished the pa-t,
alas, has perished, and gone from the
men of our nation. We have to look
at facts, as they are. Forty years ago,
who would have had sufficient temeri
ty to enter our halls of legislation and
attempt to bribe! How is it now?
What has been the history of the Leg
i-'atureof Pennsylvania for years past?
What is its history to-day ? Is it a
hi-tory of righteousness? Is it a his
tory of such'righteousness as lifts it up
in the eyes of the world and the ad
min-.:: nof God? I? it not notorious,
rather, that men go there in .-turdy
and stern conflict, the one with the
other, the one asking this and the Oth
er demanding that, and always the
-trongest wins! Is not this true, my
brethren? I- there a man in this
house who will say, "It is not true?"
You know that these things are so.
Looking into our National Senate forty
year- since, what high prince, what man
•r same lrim would have attempted to
bribe any of the members of that au
gu-.t msembly? There were no I scarl
ets then, who for thirty pieces of silver
could be induced to sell the Saviour or
the country! They were not to be
found. The men of that day were un
approtu hable. Thfoy .-.at like giants in
their intellectual and moral worth.
They \v< nt to legislate for the nation ;
to watch over the interests of this grow
ing empire in the morning of its exis
tence, and to feed it with food conven
ient for it, and to nouri.-'i and cherish
it in its growth to a degree of man
hood that would command and did
command the admiration of the whole
human race! They i cere unapproacha
ble!
Then par- over to the House of Rej
rcseutiitive.; at this -a;ne period of her
history, what incarnation of an intru
der into Paradise would have offered a
bribe to one of those men ! Such an
insult to all that was honorable in the
manhood "f thexnein' -i r in tie/-o -s-ats
w iuhl, ii. all human probability, have
ctiu-ed the insu'ter to be lifted most
unceremoniously into a cold bath in
the Potomac. The man that would
have dared, forty year.- ago, to have
gone into the House of Representa
tive of the United States to prowl,
like a mid-night thief thro igh theeor
ri<l' rs of the magnifieent place, to offer
a bribe to a solitary member that filled
a seat in that august a—ernbly, would
have met with a rebuke never to be
forgotten.
llow is is now? corrupting, corrod
ing and destroying influences have
pa-sed from your State halls and your
municipal council chambers, to the
very heart of your nation. And there
influences are brought to bear which
are calculated to injure, and deeply,
too. Moreover, is i i not notorious as
the iight of noontide thai men calling
themselves American citizens, put
themselves at auction on ail great elec
tion days an 1 the highest bidder al
ways -ecutes the prize! Let that be
denied! Is there a man in this iand
that dare deny the statement, that you
buy men on great election occasions, as
sheep are bought in the shambles?
We uiay think light of these tilings,
but my brethren, as God lives they are
the canker-worms at the root of the
tree, and they are eating at the vitals
of your nation, and presently the sight
will be awful to behold ! Iti- "Right
eousness that exalteth a nation." Do
you call that righteousness? Can you
give it the name of righteousness, when
all the influences that are brought to
bear are of an unrighteous character?
Is it righteousness to go to vuur halls
of legislation and induce men to do a
thing that you could not by any po>.-.i
ble means induce them to do other
wise except for money? Can you
make any calculations of safety and
certainty upon the perpetuity of the
glorious institutions of this great land,
if your citizens are purchasable arti
cles in the market ? What confidence
do you place in the man whose man
hood can be bought, and who will sell
himself for thirty pieces of silver to
betray hi - nation into the hands, it may
be, of those who are the vilest of the
vile! You cannot confide in hhn. He
is not to be trusted. If lie would sell
himself to one man, he will sell him
self to another. If he will his man
hood to one man for one purpose, he
will sol I his manhood to another st-t of
men for an opposite purpose,or for any
purpose. If he is willing to barter in
this way, if you bring a little more
monarchical money, a little more aris
t ratic money, a little more Republi
can money, you can purchase him for
any purpose; and he would a= readily
sell you and your interests to the Au
tocrat of Rus-ia, or the Eiuperor of
France, as he would sell himself to his
fi-ilow-citizens. This is not righteous
n --. This cannot exalt. This must
disgrace.
Now then, I come to a-k you. quiet
ly and calmly to-day, with things be
fore you—for they are true, my breth
ren, or else the whole press of the coun
try is one great lie—what shall we do?
It i s true that money is u~! in the
national halls of legislation for the ac
complishment of personal or party
purp .-.-si It i- true that money is
used in your State legislative bodies
for the same end. It is true that mon
ey goes into your municipalities and
your Council chambers, not for the
weal of the community, not for the good
of the citizens, but to fill up their own
wallets at your expense.
If this be righteousness, then fare
well to the happiness and glory of this
nation. What, I ask, must be the
future of our country, unit- - there can
be brought to b -.r upon the judgments,
and the conscience" and the hearts of
the i>eople an influence counteracting
all this evii which is now burning
and withering that which once was so
beautiful and grand! I answer, breth
r-fofo this qu>:i feurb-.-Iv before
Grid, by declaring that our future must
be the future of ail the republics that
have preceded u-, unless v. - "bout
ship," and change our course !
No nation can govern itself unless
the individual citizen governs himself.
Do not you sec how true thU is ? The
individual citizen that cannot govern
himself, who has not the manhood,
nor the fortitude, nor the courage, to
dash the burning cup of liquid from
his lip-, must be a drunkard. The
American citizen who has not man
hood nor honesty and uprightness e
nough in him to spurn from his pres
ence forever, thoe who would offer to
bribe him for hi- influence, i- not a
man ; and if he cannot govern him
self, he surely cannot govern a na
tion. He can form no part of that
natural compact with safety. You
know that we boast an 1 we glory in
our nationality. A man talk- to you
about his being a soverein. So far as
the great principles of our country are
concern! i, we are sovereigns. But
what kind of sovereign of a country is
he who would sell it for money, or seli
himself to betray it ? Or what manner
of sovereigns are those unfortunate
beings who will scheme to gain power
through the infiuene.-ofmoney ? You
cannot trust them out of sight, and
hence the great danger that we are in
is this; that if our citizens are in the
market at the will of the highest bid
der then. I say, farewell to republican
ism ! It may not come upon you like
an avalanche, but the ruin and dis
grace is surely to come, as certainly as
you live. Thisgrfeed f>r money Le the
deeply imbedded source of the iniquity
that exists ; and as a minister of Jesus
Christ. I believe it to be my duty, and
the duty of my brethren in the min
istry, to warm the people that it is a
fearful, a desolating sore, that ends in a
.-harp point at the very heart of one of
the brightest objects, politically, that
the world ever beheld! An object
that not only attra ted the admiration,
that enlisted the attention of the \*tn
ple at large, but an object that made
the emperors, and the princes, and the
despots of earth qu ike as they -aw the
young giant rising! a- they noticed its
magnificent proportions; as they bi
hold it in its far-reaching maje-ty,
stepping from one foot and acre to
annother, destined, in all pro- ability,
11 stand the master of the world.
We must, therefore, be careful in
looking to its condition, and if our
citizens are to be brought back from
under the dominion of sin, it rnu-t be
by a general pious effort. If. however,
men have not manhood sufficient to
maintain their integrity, no republican
form of government can ex'-t. No
such government can be maintained
unless its citizens are intelligent and
virtuous.
Now men cannot have proper intelli
gence who arc utterly destitute of vir
tue. You will admit this because it i
truth.
To my mind, therefore, as I look
over the state of things, the "signs of
the times" are appalling. Delilah is
at the home of Liberty with the voice
of an enchantress, asking this mighty
Sampson to deep upon her knees, that
she may shave oil his seven locks.—
Now she is speaking clamorously for
"universal suffrage," and woman,
lovely glorious woman, is forgetting
the position into which God ha- plac
ed her, and is stooping down from that
platform of female glory and beauty
and excellence,!.,to mingle with the
drunken crowd "and the filth of the
streets about the polls on election day.
What a pitiable, sorrowful sight, to
see the loveliest of God's creation on
earth, the American woman, should
ering and elbowing with the roughs of
your city, the fragments of their bon
net-and the borders of their cap..- be
ing strewn about the walk in their
drunken riots ! 1 leaven save this land
from such a desolation, from such a
curse, from such a moral calamity, as I
believe before God!
To-day our nation U on the inclined
plane, and the momentum of its de
scent is increasing momentarily.—
The cry from every patriotic heart
-hould resound over hills and dales,
and throughout the broad land, "Down
with the brakes." That should be the
cry from its deep centre to its almost
boundless circumference. "Steady
now, steady!" or else you will dash to
pieces. Delilah has not yet succeeded,
through the money influence of the
Philistines, in -having off the seven
locks from the head of our Sampson :
but the money power is at work, we!
must break this chain and burst these
bono- ami cast these fetter- off, or we,
like poor Sampson, will yet -Jeep in
the lap of the Deludress, wholly un
done ! This monster power should be
destroyed. Righteousne—, strict iu
tegrity, truth, honor, unbending faith,
adherence to everything that is good,
and abhoring everything that i.- evil,
-bould be the principles for our guid
ance.
Why should we be led estray! Dur
ing the first three quarters of a centu
ry of this nation's existence, itslnfancy,
it- y uth, it- powerful manhood, who
■ v-r !;■ aid of corruption, and what a
nation it was and what a nation
it would have continued to be, for
far beyond what it was then, if we
had adhered to principle; forrigheous
ness exalteth, instead of sin. If wo
man would march on in her course as
majestic as that King of day, or the
Queen of night, or the beautiful stars
that acompanyiug them, and prove the
friendof huinanityand the friend of God
and as God's friend, man's friend then,
surely, the re-nlt must be good. But
when the design of the heart is to mix
up creation in away that God has not
mixed it, and to give universal equal
ity to men and women, irre-peetive of
intelligence, wi. it must be the result ?
Nothing but ruin.
in order to save ourselves we must
as a nation search for the best, purest,
and the must highly fitted men for ev
ery official situation in the land, from
the President of the United States
down to your ward constable. We
must have legislative halls, both Na
tional and State, filled with the best
men that can be found. Surely, belov
ed brethren, and my fellow-citizen-,
in this great country the Jefferson-,
the Adam-', the Mad irons and Mon
roe-, the Jackson-, are not all dead!
Are they? Then the requium may be
played and the nation go in mourning.
Our Republic is gone!
There see-ms still to IK.- some Web
sters an l Clays and Calhouns and
Benton- and Pr ~eott- and Frelinhuy
--ns and men of that stamp.
There must be, and a host of others
whom neither angel nor devil dare ap
pr< .:ch with a bribe. These are the
kind of men we want. Are they all
d ad? Can we never fill those mag
nificent halls again with senators such
a- -at there forty and less year- since ?
Goand look among them ; he who sat
in hi- majesty as the interperter of con
-.itutional law; and that eloquent man
of Kentucky—the nation's heart would
leap ag.in to hear hi- -tirring elo
quence! Can we not find such men
now? Are there not some such in this
gp-at city? (Tn we not fill that
House at HarrLbarg, and all the State
h-gi.-lative and muncipal chamber-,
with men of purity and ni'-n of
thought? Men who will go there not
to make immense fortunes in three or
four years at three or four dollars a
day:! but men that will go there in
the purity of their hearts and under the
influence of righteousness, abhoring -in
in every form !
My h'-ar- r-, thi- country of rivers,
of lake-, of m jun tains an lof valleys :
of soil and of climate; of mineral- and
fore-is; unequalled on earth, must not
be !o-t! If our star drops from the po
litical and national Srmuaent, Itdropin
a night of anarchy and despotism. Then
there is a farewell to Republicanism.
Then ther ;isa farewell toßlghteousness.
But she can be -..v l. Righteousness
eat.-ave her! We rnu.t go back to
the oi 1 land-mark-. We mast -ee to it
that no man is put at the helm of the
ship, who will not steer her by the law
of the Constitution of the United .States;
for if he deviate from this guide there
are shoal- and quick-sands ; there are
frightful breakers anil rocks upon
which the structure may be dashed to
pieces. But if with a steady hand and
under the guidance of that great chart
he bears the old ship up; the storm
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may beat and the waves dash and
the winter's night hail, but she will
-peed right on, until the cairn comes
and she .-it- like a queen upon her
throne, and scatter- blessings to you
and to me, and to yours and to mine!
Hut it must IM* bv righteousness. He
must be faithful, < arne-t and devoted.
Of what use is the Constitution, or laws,
unless both are adhered to? I know
how profanely and blasphemously men
talk toyou of these, and my heart is
touvh(-d to the quick when I listen to
them. I know how lightly men talk
to you about the solemnity of an oath,
and about conscience. Conscience in
the vicegerent of the eternal Cod is
man's own bosom. "Throw it away,"
is the profane tiling they say.
Beloved brother!?, we desire to see
l>eaceand prosperity i*i this land, and
to witness its untiring progress and to
see its outgivings to us and our chil
dren, so thai we may continue to ad
mire all our rivers and magnificent
lake-, and see the soil throwing out its
millions of corn and wheat and pro
duet for man. If we desire to live un
der the broad sheild of liberty, and to
command all these blessings, we must
be laboring in God's name and in God's
service.
If we will comply with the teachings
of this Hook, and follow the great prin
ciples laid down in it, it will make us
lovers and worshipers of God—making
a man the child of God. Let the light
of this book fall upon hi- path; let its
principles dwell in iiis heart; let his
labor be under its influence, radiating
every day, and you will have a nation
of men, not mixed, but pure, manly,
noble, righteous! You will see wo
man in her beautiful home, or in her
proper position, standing in the majes
ty of her nature, and looking out upon
the world, and from her holy life
throwing broadcast an influence that
will bring into the circle of the Heav
ens admiring angels to catch the loud
hallelujahs that shallgo upon the heart
of a redeemed nation I Your Senate
Chamber will again adorn the world.
Your House of Representatives will
scorn the men that dare to bringa bribe
The members of your legislative bod
ies no living man will dare to approach
with unholy schemes! Your council
chambers will not be polluted. But un
der the power and influence of citizens
ex halted by righteousness, the nation
will sit at the foot of the throne of iter
God and King, and take up the beau
tiful song:—
"The Lord God is a sun and a shield;
He will give grace and glory and no
good tiling will He with-hold from
them that walk upright."
My Father, let this be our portion !
Amen !
After singing a hvmn the congre
gation was dismissed with a benedic
tion.
W HAT TO READ. —Are you deficient
in taste? Read the best English poets,
such as Gray and Goldsmith, Pope and
Thompson, Cowper and Coleridge
Scott and Wordsworth.
Are you deficient in imagination ?
Read Milton, and Akenside, and Burk,
and Shake-pear.
Are you deficient in power of reason?
Read Chilling worth, and Bacon, and
Locke.
Are you deficient in judgment and
good sense in the common affairs < f
iife? Read Franklin.
Are you deficient in sensibility?
Read Goethe and Mackenzie.
Are you deficient in political knowl
edge? Read Montesquieu, the Feder
ali \ Webster and Calhoun.
Are you deficient in patriotism?
Read Demosthenes, and the Life of
Washington.
Are you deficient in conscience?
Read some of President Edwards'
works.
Are you deficient in piety? Read
the Bible.
A Welsh girl once applied to a clergy
man to be married. The clergyman
a-ked her what property her husband
possessed. The answer was—
"Nothing."
"And are you any !>ettc-r off?" be
asked.
"No."
"Then, why, in the nameof common
sense, do you dare to marry ?"
"Your reverence," said the girls, "I
have a blanket and Jack has a blanket;
by putting them together we shall
both be gainers."
The clergyman had nothing more to
say.
A certain little damsel, having lieen
aggravated beyond endurance by her
big brother, plumped down upon he,
knees and cried : "O Lord ! bless my
brother, Tom. He lies, he steals, he
swears; all boys do; us girls don't.
Amen."
The cheerful are busy. When troub
le knocks at your door, or rings the
bell, he will generally retire if you
send him word you are engaged.
A little boy seeing a drunken man
prostrate before the door of agroggery,
ojiened the door, and putting in his
head said to the proprietor: "See
here, sir: your sign has failed down V*
The executors of James Buchanan,
deceased, have contracted for the erec
tion of a monument over the remains
of the late ex-President, at Lancaster.
WHITE your name in kindness, love
and mercy on the hearts of those you
come in contact with, and you will
never be forgotten.
What is the difference between the
entrance to a barn and an over-talka
tive person? One is a barn door ar;d
the other a dam bore.
"Working for dear iife" Is defined to
be making clothes for a new baby.
Farmers like fat hogs -Printer "dev.
ils" like fat copy.