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I’OICTICA 1.-
let us Make the Beat of It
=s-
1 ,t.iiii TFA'Uta fleeting 'dream ■> ■
' r-,ire destroys of it; >.
■ Swift it glidetli. like I ,ft stream—.
’ ■ .Mind you make the best of., it!
.Talk -not of jwoes,'
“roubles or the rcst of it;
If Vc have but brief repose, ■■■
.Lot us make file best mf it.
"if vour friend _ inis got a heart,
Tbcvd is something'tfnc in him;
, tiut away his darker part.
Cling to what’s divine in him,
Friendship is onr best relief— ;
, Make no heartless jest ol it;
It wiil brighten every grief, ,
. If we make the bosfof it.
- i ■ 1 ' -s-if'
i\ . i
IlaThnnefs despiscsMatc;
Tislno sago experiment, ..
’• giiupjyi thatkhc wise and great:,.
joy'anil merriment;
y lin’pk is not its spell refined —
...ilmtejr is not the testlof it,
Pat a calm contented mind,.' 1. ..
That iv ill in aloe best of it.’
Trusting in thc Po#crnbovC,
Which,-sustaining ’all of us
I:, one common bond of love,
iUndoih*£*ciU of.up, '
iriini«ocver ‘ *
Porvvnvs or {'be of it
Wo alU \
b If vo innlusjl»s. best
M i e ousisi |
THE RECORD OP THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY; 1880 -I8G5:
■ . l>]SL'Sl*N' CONVENTIONS.
Ah indicated Jby the resolutions qiioi
- ;.tuifrom ' tl.'d Philadelphia pi al
ibi p) of Uu no Kith, 'l SGI, the maehin
cnrlywhichthis scheme "was to jhe
tarried oat; was that of convention;!;,
.either Stale or National The parly
; therefore.doiiJnfenccfl •' to agitate’ fojr
'conventions.;, 'i’he oxpc'rioncu of t m
Scat’a bad shown *how easy’it was nn
' ■ tier , skillfr.V -m a n tjp nta t i op, withsij :h
wsUvunents, to carry State after State
ire; llu
A_national conve n
tfon niiglit reconstruct the Union r>
frShntherfjf-Kasiafat ptiSibl’d,w.; orja ft
■ rio.s-ofStale conventions pouhi aceoii
. plhh the saiua result piecemeal, vd i
Ciippjiug. fatally -the tiovernnvont
—■its.struggle wi.lh rebellion. The n;
ehinery iA the party, therefore,
forth with -Ktjt Ip Avork.
lpth: Mhl.thg'jl
JpClh.was'brOaciie.Plfy iho.Hon. '6V
'; jii _\VofJ<l7 *n th;e fallowing rosolutioii
'ofiifdd- in the,House of RepL'seijia
•.‘.typs, 1 -which rcerjirod Iha voty of.cvjcfi-y
ijknioct-a.tic mother : , t -rf s - ' j--
“JleJilvcil, That Cfiaj Congress- ree-i
.. omiliietfd t,bc Governors 6f ’the,several
' to - ' convene their Legislatures
.;.f|r the purpose an election
to sci'ccfc t'vo delegates from'each Con
gressiotjal Distrkst, to medt in general
'>*<ponveniron'at Louisville in Kentucky,
tiro first- Monday inLSoptiMnljcr
9est;. the purpose ofdlic said Con
yeutioxi to 'bo to devise measures for
the. restoration of ponce' to our couti
iry.-' _■ I ■
; J " The Evolutionary ’project was al
!--fjowed. to sleep'for a }’ear, when the,
disasters of the: Poninsiila'r cainnaiff-n
... | - • • I -O
encouraged an atUcmpt ito rcvivc.it.
Mr. \\ iHi am. B. Rood | earner forward,
to feel thp,way.J Tn August, 18(L. he
published -his inwiich
did atfeoiod to ocli'ovb that ares t ora
tion fesffTe Unipn was impossible, and
ihai that remained for us was to
-decTdi upon the now leagues which
should he formed. l -Tp . accomplish
this tg. preferred separate State aC-«
tior.
, '‘lf'nfho ejfknco ,• be between' a conliti
uanpe °i the war, with its attendant
_ta'ilerrngs and demoralization, certain
Miseries- ami uncertain results, and a
teeorfnitioh of the Southern Corffed
cracr. I am mifiivor ol recognition,' bf
making the Abolition
fpM 10 P s ’'’le; for this drcyid ncccssitv’.
J tho.llnton is on, choice
•-I * JC a ctoiee between the slow
"’’t'’intimately successful conduct, of
if '' ar ' t-lic Bubjagatibn of the South
’ *• ‘Ulcsj.ilieir’tenure as mere mill
-r>!r l > . lov ' t)Cei, i involving of course.a'
* „ an S e ip the /political organi
lbc |lriump!iant jSfjirtb, so as
ctP-i? ;to State rights and
ali o, , a centralized dominationwith
ami 0 ‘ lor Psios of the day ongrt ftedi
as tvfa!' 0 l r "l ulr .V bc further 'Wafced
ol * w^ u ,W atrp-ngc thd ; ljbrra.B
• &“ .U
defer : t <i ' esitat( j to say bi
decision T Wot P a yi in myopiniontho
6i %i anb pos
•th« Stated rau9t bc mulle by
t lclr ' c ’ l 'izenß, abting
they- c ‘ n io ' aen seventy v.ears ago
The^ D !f c n d lot^ h o Fed4VcoXa^
° °thoi conceivable biode.
- for h e rse f KO n^w ky> A M’ all
- r .‘- ei r,'v.-ili hava' .to deters
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where her lot'sha.li' be east, and j was constantly ■ put forward that thj• other icindjdf 11 Tim I’m so, and Lplansc.’]’ -A i’l The success of teachers was .
-h'er-pocuniary liability must, be, j people might’ bccom/hccuslqtt&d*tp: >t comes, thaiXthat °f Gflqrglj, of Before the, war, no Southern ■man'ertrf ’' . "Aa„• n ' n . A'i I flu,! j-sr.
her for'a Shaie of tlio Federal ori| t a V d . no f ori ,, roco g A*U ( on -<fr the-i made : war- npo.t bur liberties nntlfc **•- being out wbt
.o' .Confederate debt, or. whether;’ ‘ ° ,/' ; sovereighty of.oueh converts' ures - Thera were a.onwx.otlj.<p v how- ,
i exempt; fj-om bo,th. 'TFAftf -J/rt-j a fs w . IC 1 ,wouid/pa i ,s aiws : . State separately themlr.p,m pur friends to oar foes; and-ever,, who finished. their tcijifts; bat
'i diid Ktln~ do.,Ohio (rind Pcn»-t CO9 ? ar y result, j•; j J.fJ;.- j I The samts ground wa^..taken, i to-day, Abraham Lincoln stands, ad gave evidence' that they had mistaken
/ftive CL-rljht to do Tbis seto- Thus, at the formal, inauguration of Kon . il. W. Hilliard, of Gpoi-gib, ■' -i c<sr,i [ l .‘ff to -hia| own' confession, af. and therefore, their
A°- question of boundkvieß land }. t |, 0 DmbcTratjS Central- ( Glnb, of BhiN.j tl j t Bccms to" uieV-plain- [UtsA t!l ° restoration ofthq 1 & . llfW> j^l. o not * in a ufakinlr and
'"Sf f\?'* t!^^ lf : lon w-itiil which, the;party eble- 'Should accept the fpramdndi ■qthd So SoKond tfomS Jp
cesttie abandonment of Vi ashing : : . - ’. . T , ri,e fM,sca.ro Convention, as ; the wti. ; s ,°} s £annot oonio back uol;ess u-n . prosperous Condttioiv i tie:
ind leaving- it the monument of 1 bvated the v i.h of „„': bti} n c for a ” «P«*nutiJi»Uonftl condition} j enco and] observation of every day
was once, the Capital |)f a'grcat ■ orator of the day, Mr. Charjcs Ingor» Jkm Woa . Tho vhrypropbLl tore-i ' vh,lc -/ l e /^''- on 'Dikis,. sayaV.'-will not! convince'tpo nfofe that thefo Iflhould'be
blic, be it; so. I wonld iather aeotj soil, made the proposed Co./’cnMon | f fiolUct p 0(1 t of .th.b gr&t quar.-*™.® i!£! iunl p S3 have his oiV j Closer discrimination exercised in re>'
,un than f hat it is no* >• w | tbo Bnb Jocl of his the arbitrament ofloleo^ontioninHr^rX.- n ° Vl'° 7°™} . tr *H l -Vard to th*n<rturkl adwtlMn and ' fit.
Air. Heed returned to I , cd tQ t tho , 4 composed of‘dclegatesJfwmi all th| f Abrahiam Lincoln .^J 3
!jay-o/an;d'' .suggestcd( Uon£ i rv means thb States, is tho most emphatic |Vcc6gni~ cheers.]- of il l ® tcacliois to assna>o the ro
|jff W- fh<si£tundard -of revolt by j tlf 3. .. ..h Cf nrri'rt'rtVnf' ti°n/of sovereignty • of* ffte P f)n sibilitios,.and Ibo. .
ct should, in tho providcnco'-bf jer wo are to hive a speedy would d.srjss of, what was called tho AYarr.Beinbciruoy,, to bo snpposed that all wbo iapply for
»<], if)c spirit of topical fanaticism ] union, and lhati is by cppventior.b of, my vonld
h lias brbnght all this misery up. the people.. To-' effect this is 1,01 f i- at \^ s^;n( ]ope„dbritlr 0 p e „dbritlr rcbol B »in h ' ss Ghica^^^rdonoiine. ! q«alil.ies of the.successful teacher,
s. still-niaiataio its suy.iy if may jof accb.mdUbmcnt, because, throngh-7} } tkey. would iejfer tbo Admluialratlon o4, ■. Professional lltati.‘
.these ™t Al.ddle; oat- U.ep orqh thcro . they • the 1 gVcathr. bitterness. ' . !, teachers oiahunhd rc
-sUf) speak, and if need be to act,, ir. possession of tbo Eepnolicans, and/- ,r o, v- U » ,i °\ -- - “ ■ , - .- 1 , , i. -- - i- .-•-.
’frdefeneh .in mkinlcnaneo of all lihbreisi bardly any .State i.. which thb, PW 1(I °i- tllo ' B( f w^- . ® U } tca | for flllal I- .W, pffenccs. thaat.ilr. Lincpla-. ti-thatfthey read works' on
-T left (if Constitutional libert- Dr .‘ats arej |v*’ -llv power, i InT '' Qn mo " ' 1 ■ had'bccti guilty; of,-the Enghsh teac! in".' Thpro• is ! ; ah'in
h
ift;
'-U
the. c
Tills
the
of i(i
•y emocrats arej jwiiony -in p. . r t i i.i .. \, >, , c <m •„
agmcntary a£nd‘feliatloj’ed, Urn. I ibis State' llio 1 1 Democrats have tbo j-', / / ->ro [their, as-:and popped off the head of the cr<!as i n „
eh ,still survives'. They may • Governor and. jSciiato- against tbrajVAseinbling, ho rcsolv- his opinion, Lincoln arifl tonc f,„' , d n slYt/;£/i nr ikiontlnn' tri
ilher.'dr they may act .scpar- with the-House In ihoirlayojn 'D-ndetUod j n io-v mass'of iridcmluasht^amnff-if/ to /m bron £ btto 'H lc j *' 'i r,' •• •» i"' *» ’ 1 »p »•#.• ■
Witbbi' d-ach otVm. these ■ do; natio T* oU»«r da*. lh e J- j tbcau.lcft'ufcbook u.ffcr
machinery 0.l Govern men t.and what ha* IreqiiwiUy JnmtfesortcTh ta>", , ” Jf* T k arrcsfeJ a\|ne:ul of(bis, a member of,, ent pans of county, _sp tfat-teach.
is wanting is an unimatingand- 1 ib England— in’- sJiotMyefyi^ktiSHpr^T ovco(l » af i 9°. n - g - rcB:i * rOl P Missouri, for saymgyin ora'may 'procure them bcfocMtbc ddri.
| spin't of local loyally/ It; tfics. ” ;^ rr F” thaiLjneola wjjs ter/Sc:booh > open. The, mllanlagcsf
that or.c man'can supply that; measure/at sonuTiengtli. as a - j t,) a'v-Jenj. Davis. 11c was' 0 j professional aroi'tirvAh*
nd ftlis diet. t late' Uohytfnt io'u. t ho .cher- j rfS J/ Lkulw nVn'o ho^ f ~ow -fpwraV Vn taiichf
words* 'of/earr.est ■ mutation wSuid beldiWwud by 'dtmycntions F . .. .‘•'“'cat'O. Lei th\ riumons of the -Ad- P" onl in visuingtnc scnoois tangtit
•n, of eoSl gy;-find; an throughout Stated Wc I tsh^hWBehcmesriJ !< ministration object. if they dare,” |by lljpSo wbodmve read-wjorjejs on the
iitguiftt people,that should u popiiionj to olK^^* a V <vac J-Jpmocpacj' ehonld lotnc-upon : At[a-J)ciiidcralie c-Oiebj'-aliori.in Xciv theory of tcsHnng, compared avitftr
arc •, oiuv, terms and' tbo lcadcrs~wdtb sympathy \ Tori:, April. lo'li'doV jrst after Lecfs- otbors who haY f b read noue[ and arc
icfc? areNmlnstbie as/aft this ..great question. respect; and should- tnrro7idvr,_ and’ the ■ dire. aif- teaching \withoiit any wdlb dekilciT
cShfiskaMf! eoneluJed simd prolonged applausu.■ antipathy -pf tbo people{s'assiriaUon of/Mav LincdliK MivEdwd ipetliod." >f‘' . : '
'Lotjl :l thcra - ~\?'. 1 Ingersoll. of Phila., madd I speech, ifc/. .It is_ quest,onablck at Ibis /day.
Mpi ste|r, and { tl/0~/l ending D e mocjaUs ’ >J GC^l H lO fohow.ng, fro|. the Pbilr.dcl-, . !ortdd in ifidl j n the- XV. Mcr, n whether/any teacher shoMi bo dm.
of
Tic party bad ‘ been’ f the - lup ;yicld {o r . O mao in -^phthyll>p ■sfr'.Zfed lome^world [Jn toacb„
snl'cessji'n caifyihg tbc'S’liple iuvteci.t.o it on-.ft-sirail.ii occasion. Hu lisbijl g a ' parallel.Ytitb tbo; Eovolution the people of;thc gallantjp'tfo-; " [<!'
ifo-l aifew dfCvs before, and 1 had bcen>* o,aai '^ 9 ' l bo,l S h somewhat obscure, j and ( }eorgo Washington.■; | : \i pic nobly libWly i ’ '
MR
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whi
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•Til
ford 1
J^j
i depressed 1 amT irritated by the
lissal of McClellan. ,1/fird Lyons’
ial'dispatfcji fltalos; ■»,
several Qf t’he leaders of the
Uic llarfy with
hoth before and after .hive arrival
he intelligence dt Rchoral MbClbl
di>' 'issr™ The Wbjept upodi;-
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itr.ih Llioirhninds wli: 1 o t,l>o3T .wore
iking to mo was naturally that ot
|ign. mediation between the North
j- IJIO Soufb, . Many <of then* ap-
lh,ink that this mediation
ji'jQomo appeared to
iry much afraidjif. its, compg too
j. . I--gavono opinion o,n the
ect.i T-dijf.not, fav--whethei?or pot
•inb|o 'or-tjrfvhialjlo, - but T-hstenod.
i- i/ttcntipn' to the 'account "iron
.of jtlia plans, arid., hopgs of lire
sor.viiliyd part V; , Ax, bottom,!
.ight I ipo'rceivcd a-, desire to put an,
to jtb.o iwaiv oven at the risk of
ag (.he Southern States "altogether; |
ii Was plain Uigt.i6'wa« nothiioaght I
debt. to rivow.fhi.s'desirc. \litdoed,i
16 hints iof.it -dropped before |ho
tiopp. Were' so ill-received,-that- a
mgi dccdivhuioti in the contrary ‘
jo jvas dipwhed necessary by tlio
aocfatic leaders, .
Th.dy 'maintain that tho object of
military) operations should bo to
;-c the North in a position . to de
ad an armistice with horfor aiid ef
t. Tho avmSstiec should, they hold,,
toilowed by a Otni-yention, in which
a changes in.'tbt?Consti{ should
proposed; a's; would give jtlW SonCh
olTito security in’its.slave property,
would enable .the North and the
Ih to ro-unite and to live together
loacc andy’harmony.l The Conserv
es to think that the South'
ht bfc.induced to take, .part,in such 1
t ! ' l ‘ ~-d th s'toi
v.as
son
dot
Mr(
sen
Don
the
pi a
nvk
foe
bo
.invchtioj), arn„ dial u' restoration
hcfpdiioh .would bo dTiorcsoh.—
members of Iha
si, hf look he
y t'nnsi, -owevbr, . . open tn
pbsal ofConvention merely as a
csjicrimeDt tb -test thp posslbiliij’
re-unjrtn.’ They are, 'no doubt,
1 ifwate that tlio.r more 'probable l
scq\io,nce of an armistice, would be
establishment Soulherrij inde
idence, but they perceive that if
South is so [utterly alienated that
possibloJconCessions will induce it
return voluntarily to th’e Union, it
wiser to agree tb separation than to
['Scctite a cruel and hopeless war..
If ;thcir!Own party Were in power,'
iritjttiallji controlled the Admisistra-
TV'they Hvould’ rather, if possible,
tain an armistice without the aid' of
las
of
\vc
■pign governments; but they Would
disposed to accept ap offer of tned
ion, if it appeared to bo tbo only
iins of puftingja atop to hostilities.”
’’hoso hurniliati/ig negotiations jyith
ragent df a foreign and unfriendly
Wcr show Ihat Mrrßeed' Jiad only;
■h! - ' tbo/,-m<iuth-picce of thtf. secret
:n(flls of his party. too, had,
urgedt-ab armistice as ; a necessary pre
liminary; to thajcontemplatod sprrenA
der.| ' ■'■ 1
,; I would begin with ,a cessation -of
hostflilies-and, an armistice for a fixed
period, not too short! i "{tJ. If arms
wore laid down for a ,iime,inerd would
■be, n ! repugnance totakelthem qp again,
which, of itself would be favorable,to
satisfactory adj ustment.”
Thus was inaugurated tbo policy of
a “cesaaUon of hostilities”' and a,Gin*
vfention, to which the toraoefalic par
ty'strictly adhered to. At Cjiieago;
it torraod the basirofj
tud^iiatforjn, and in November] 1864,
it ? was ,indigently rejected ..by the
people, during those two, yeayefit
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no'
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<35,
;iro^&aiTuU r y Bni'gcstive. '
‘•X|le path desire- to pursue
to tafeb inc out of tho'miseries and; op
pressions/upprif- us is obo which! the
Constitution ''proscribes-—a popular
Convention —2srtinnal, 5f it cun he, if
noj. National,Ԥl St^te-Convention. { But
I took upon'd)Co)\'i:}!ntwiy(is (in ctUlpioi
as'a nleans; /or, its' a infiiks] it; is-too
' \y o shall' bJcCtllo 1 death before
a'Convection can be nisttfuted.' ; Still,
xdtimnte resultl Sdh'h
konventtbns cmaiYatirig ironi’ and dU
Kk-lly representing tliujY c cȣjo ,Piv mi 1d 1
...
i; TU^y - ! ’W'<*u^d
fee as tiro Convention that made the
Constitution.:■ Thcy'utQulfi chamj.'.mod-.
ify r abrogate.';- r .1 .. ,
! ••Hon.'VT.’W.gjjoyce, 'OJ'RfcAUV Oar l -'
olinn, in a loltor lo Jefferson Davis.
ISG4, sanjs ■ . | ••," ■ , J , '
1 1- I think our (only hope of . 11. satis
factory peace, pno consistent \vitli the
preservation of; free institutions,'.is in
the supremacy jot this-(the Democrat
id) party, at sotne iimd or oilier. Oar
policy;* therefore,;is\to give this parti
all' th,e: capital •ve. cuni Yon should,
ihercfmej at once, in \my opiriion, give
Aims : party all t a e-encouragement pos~,
sihlo, by declaring your tviliuigncss to
lan armistice apd a Convention of all
the States, in (heir sove,reigji, capaci
ty, to enter uppn the subjeelTof peace:
•‘lt the proposed cone
vocation of the| States in unconstitu
tional. To ' this I reply, we ' can a
meiid the Constitution. It may Jtc
furthor objected that to meet the
Northern States in convention is to
abandon oni-jircsent form of gPycrr.-
nient. ] jßul, thi? no more fotlbws than';
that tligir. meeting, us implies an a
bandofniuerit of their form of govern
rner.t. j A Congrcssof the Stages.in
tlietr sovereign) capacity 1 is tfis 'highest
.tephcns.;,was suspected of be
ing weak in the kneds, and,, bn Nov.
14,1804, when' a frank exposition of
. bis views could no .longer injure the
prospects of McClellan, ho eom'inuni
•catccl, to the press a, letter, dated
(Nov. 5, 1864, in which ho gave, his
■reasons for desiring, flip Convention,
as proposed at Chicago: • A pargntph
in this rerbackablo document shows in
the clearest light lhc results expected,
North and South, - from, the co-opera
tion of the States Eights Democracy
with rebellion; and the -fear flit abyss
“There is no prospect of such prop
ositrpn .(“a Convention; of ’ the Stales')
being tendered, unless, ..McClellan
should bo elected. Ho cannot, be
elect; without” carrying a ■ sufficient
nnraber of the Arhich, U,u'nit6d
with J,those of the Confederacy; would:
make a majority of tl.e .States. In
such * Convention., then; so formed;,
have,wo not strong reasons td hope
and expoet -thatraxosolu ho
passdd dcryingtho pow
er of tho Government, uhdhr ttJo corp
pact. of to codred a
Chicago platform ,virtually
already.- Would notfsuchajeoh vena
tion probably f eaffirrii the Kentucky
and Virginia of' 1708 and
1799? >'Arp these not hjropg reasons,
at to; iudixce• aSj to. hope and-her,
Hove that -tlroy . might? t If oven that;
■ con!dbedoncy- H-WOUld ond Übe’tvar.
It a £ :Hj- p: fantfafhptf-’
taVpHhcjptoHpf
the hltSmato sovereignty'.of
the sevora^Htatoe.-: This fully ; covers
H»rr fully as'd leror;
wish . ito see it coveted'. •'* I •'•noj
-frfs-yjijr/..; '.:■/?■ .y\:.i • ■■-■■ .; ■':'''- , ' v.- ; Vu ‘[ (■■ j ; - a\ • - t
I3eay©r, peptpmber G, 1865-
■■ ' ! / • • A ■' r - f •‘ f & ; •. .• :'■ * . i
acknoislcd-imbnt -of the principles of iHtatc
Rights . j i '
Mr. 'S'
)
which we escaped by the ro-clection
Mr. Lincoln'. . . !
“Thor (tho ih'ayo lately as sol ’d,id und. vile a'iyran
added to. their cdllOetiqrthe Bible of!» s oyer .proposed .tho-degradation,
Sfary Washington, thi mother of a r o r ;l '', ruco - uuid \vi
certain slaveholder' named r6o n,K r l r l “ , fon ’ a(, 'i Livingston,
y.'hf. made himself mbtqrious some dmlyi.cmoraeo the doctrine of sccessi
years back in a "tittle rebellion which al jf;4°? a* 1 c **? doctrine,without t
wiis got up ini this ebujiUry. Mary's i etc tro.y:n tof ,\y i iusli’
Bijfdo was-vcr\* .'properly Istolen from 1 t,on ® cannot permanent y live.’
.'l’ll- th
Arlington ar.d'carried'4o No\v Hngr-i • r i.n .e Ijegimring, thi» i .... ..... v ,;H •/.
ixiiit}, lor if piic had rpad;|t >r. -tiro spir- i racy!invited SQe'e'ssiqh/and; t6‘ the crld, | visUnj . Were made
■it of 'tjic ;CrtligLtene.d-' Wljoso. H-; ft^encouraged- Vcbcllion withi i pVirtpa- at *VV aveiago of. about each.
* htl 'k : iiltHnatc^6«ss. , |lj i ?' 'Sifoolf.wero . visiteiH.oncW; &
;go fije tmmo^jpurnal.of] li)cc.i i,_.*§3 A
iri cofflrne’Hting -p*» ,Gcn;! MoigSrvafls
count .of s the| battle of Lookout Mron n
tfilii,' ob«eryc&—. /• • I ’’ ''jl
‘‘ft ; \Vas shining—tins ‘of 1
the. Tennessee i'rr.ountains-poh other I
contrasts. It shines,' as Geiipral Meigs j
is, awarefw tlie great Jplcdr at Wash- i
ington, and his. truculent War Minis
ter —and it shines, too, oii the stern,!
iitton'iiated aiid resolved; rohej at-
Uichtrioml, whoip General Meigs, of:
alt men iii'.the worlds \vs;ild he most 1
sorly td chcouiiter,j 'and i who, when ‘
the. riair,*©"ojf . Alelgs t a‘n ! d!;; ! oihers are j
mentioned,'toast thrill .sadly on this.i
world’s ingr;llstudc.” : 1 ! ■]■
. , j 1 j j . i /, J
This, 'comparison of! the - national j
with tlie' robd authorities,ito.the dis-!
'advantage of the former, | has been a|
favorite with tlie pcpiderapjv Thus j
the same journal, th’o iljrii.;'ol Fob. 0, j
1801, inquires: . j./. j•• ' ] j ]
“is it any worso|to firo| at our flag |
than it is to fire into-mur Constitution?
. . 1 ; And nolwAvc take upon 1 our
selves toisay, that while the rebels,dat
Hunger, fired at the} flag, Mr. Lincoln,
in his sphere, has fired into the Con
.KtiliUion; and has litcriillyintlompted
its destruction'. • If the 'rebels, for fir-
' ;■ )
intj atjth'o flag, deserve to-bo,dovasta
tod by w|ar, what punishment should'
bo visited upon tho,President for fir
. . Upon tDOj i: _
ing Into tho:Constitution V\
"And Whi. B. Re,ed; in a letter to the
Hon. Hi I". Chambers.,:of Alii., pirbj-
Iwhed in 7, ISQ4,''draws
apicinio nf the .time when, iin. case
Mr. Lincoln-should be re-elected, ' |
-“Loo and Beauregard’, Johnson'and]
Longstreot, Breckinridge I and - Ewell!
and'Early are filled, or captured, oi*|
fled to\ho gone, like the
unfortunate but gallant Jacobites, like
Berwick .and Sarsfleld, into foreign
Service,” while "'the! work of cbnquest
o t even, subjugation, if that”‘ba» the 1
wretched" '"d.”'' ated tin
retctiv. worn,' Is entinstcc -to, the
unsaturated Molochs to whom three
years years.off bloody, fruitless war-;
fare Bavo 1 "i.
So the Journal
pf Jan, 20, 18(>3, commences an olab
orate article devoted to the praises of
Jefferson Davis, as follows: ; ■ •
annual message of Jef
ferson’ “f)avis ’ t6\tbe‘Cpnfcdbrafp Con
gress and Abraham tincdlh’s'laßt mes
sage to} the’ United, States Congress,
pitoyoke a Comparison guitp damaging
to 'the intellectual capacity of t|ie J?od- j
oral President”.; }
: iAt'the great ratification meeting of
the Chicago nominationS. -held-in Phil,
adelphia Sept. 17*, lS64‘,\tho Hon- fim
prson in
which Wsaid, as .officially; reported- in
the Aye, ... -pj.--
' is ’.not do
Stajt ; o..there is hot it' man witli'ah fipfi
haifrLincol n. ’, ; £L ! and;'bheera,]
They think the .unlawful despotism 1 df
Jeffersdn Davis is 1 ’no ’more,' uhcohSf i
.tplional-and dSng’cYons
trafy 1 'Usurpations of Abrahan? tn'hv
Annual ; Rfiporfc of the CommDU houscswtlro; (burned- -bj| iaccident;.4
. Sehxjqjs ,-af .Beaver Oounty •■ 1 schools worq suspended dn‘account of
!i: •fo?f-the' Sohoolyear end- ’I ! sickness jotl 'teachers or! pupils, add
-iu 1 " cipff rJutlc ldt, 1865: , > ! the others had ,boou closed befotoi I
j :V i : v doould reach thorn, i
EV J. I. REUD, Cqt’jTfTTJtjrERINTENDENT. i _ . ■ | , i- ■ ■ ,|
' ! , ' —— j I | .Tqacdiqra could not bo procuredat
t ’’iV v cir 1 Hoifscs.— Only ■were 'bnlit, i the regular tiiuo|. for opening the
and these worc’in Independence Disi. : Schools, slndr those pi ihji-same. dis
trict. Tiio.y are largcunJ co^rpodipus,trict, opened at
being built aud'fnrmsiied afleimod ste-j ro'quirOd inoro;tinio;f*nd
found in the Pennsy!vaofa’Seijiopi Xr-' niy yisits than usual. direetprs'
cbitcthire. ’■ Partial ■_ : arrangements ‘ a " d parents’ froqtiohtlv . apepinphnied
were made % building some others, ; w^> i^cofclial
but liho ot {labor,';!nid ’,i:hc > *Stop,tio\l teachers-.{and
high pi ice of bi mbor/causod Uiom to ; and tlm 'solicitatiqnd to pelbrn again
Xo (iXcrrcd’lbVtlie prosbnt.; - 4werC' : ;vory' .freaupjiUyWaoheiw ‘
(?riL,'lids.'—The grounds pP- 7-j frequent yisUs sebdol di-;,
bouses are suitably improved by f in- [ h n( | paicnts; but p|io war and
.ccs anti shade irooin Eighty r ave suf- 1 the absorbing Interests ,o|f onr cOun
flcioiX gradiulsj.biit are >vulio ;it inclo- j detracted much from i|ic L intorest
sure's and lmvb»nn shade trees, | Ibrnieriy; .takpii, : by. parbhts in- ; tlfj)
yberoitbey wercfiocatdd i-rstbc wools) ’ j . - V - lb
inti 1 bd have ' insufficient: grounds,
gh'ades and Inti j,, ! t; '• as formerly; jjublic exanib
| ; Ttioso, intrusted with tW ideation of nations, and 40 tlfio
school houses' have given tpd (.much written of directors, oxamih
- ' ' ” - tf > l; 1 -v--
fitieriUan; to thd-selctbion of a central
fo£i2fwn r| raiheiv;Umn a healthjr. aW
pleasant ktiiatioji. goirio of t£io hp^s?
es have b )bn built aw’ayfiom :Jrepub
lic road, and bayo to, convoiiioucd ql
and the, ground selected fy-jiot
i nbw ,fit
■dan bo Improved to equal the demands
>of tbo school.', ; ■ r ;i .
I I believe the- condition,of the'schqql
bouses and; school grounds, is !a pretty
good index to the appreciation of pdx
uc|tit»nal;advantagcB;by jthn p|jbqplo|—-
yipwing it in we cannot but
,cotcludo, the state of i educational ■ |n>
terest amoni; us is, rather ddfoeUvb;
fj '. l .. *• c ' ,1 ** ■* ’ '
furniture ja—
r'xitu.lo of the liouaes recently builti. is
|generally,suebaa,the healtb,;qomi|ort
j anilf eonvonioncc of the papilirequiro;
1 but! in oi'of-the older houses the fur?
I nitu.ro is insufficient; and in 36it is
•positively injurious to the health of jt bo
pupils. ' ■ - '■'■■■ \.\
, of tho schoola woro supplied
with apparatus, sijpco thy report,:
Wpi are. entirely without apparatus,
except Black'rboards,- dkhagtQphiedlj
Cards: attil Outline:Maps.: f xj . ;
- 1 TboiJniou SchoOU in. fitigb*-
ion,: Rochester, Bridgewater
i Falislou and, Freedom, are particular
ly, in need of additional apparatus. ,
Treachers.— Doiiog.'the winter, tom
164 teacher®wore employed, of whom
71 wore males; and" 9- females.' £ho
av erago' ago' 1 jof J hii ’ was' 33
ThiViy-eiiht.haA'noprevious-exptefi!-!
riohhVf64 hdd; taught than |>nd
year; i 3 Schools
and” ibO. profes'Sc'd-to fihyo' road .ydjrks!
on tfei’Tbi&ry
=MB
<■ - i . ■*,'
■■ , f
! JEstal>lislieci 3LS|IB-
I V.
j k e liavd adopted Prof-iWiidWoTshara’s
“Sehppl Economy” and vitothods of.
tii Teaching”'as our. text book 4on the
■I theory of teaching... -J 'r[h : ! h';
j’P 'i , Our hopes for the tnumjpiarvt B«c>i
cess of the Common Schoel Systenv
jlio in : the professional'reaping and
! training of the iaachcrai | tU' 1
pd privately,. .85 received’
al certificates; .2 professional 'and 33
were rejected.’. The ayera[go .grade p; s
. xno aventgy
all. the certificates issued iwas
Tlicrb were '74school doctors .and
pi.any pai’onts-*vjt tho'^examinations.—
! ie‘]pnviitVi|s4mtDati6i]B weye. hold
than I d.esir’ed or was convenient; but
j goo d tcacbers were very! | scarbo, and
j did not ihtdhd! Ip at
; the time of our public examinations,,
•w.ero afterwards urgedAotalcp schools
and consented. Hereafter wo expect
w have vpry ; few 'private -
iionsl. After
jafe closed, jwlll be'm^de
fop lb clast Saturday of sclojimf’ and
the Union' School build
;Hhg in'Uoaveiv .V"■ I , 'l* .•
District i^tituigs.— ThdSo wore suc ? '
conducted in abjjut ond-balf
of the districts.' , They \vero sustained
by'curliest and most successful teach
■ertj- and I dm assured thif idtich good
was where Hbey vvefo:
pfopbrly conducted;. *: p'-V 1, ‘' ‘; j;
was hcldjdu-:
bpli|day ! s at 'pSTowißrij^i^m-^- 1
jiJloatp7pi members.werepfespht^and 1
die,-interest and* feeing [. manifested
were of the most oncourocin" cnarac
=rz\-. •:& in'iuu t,Ku
t0r.,., Wo; endeavored to make this a
practical . institute—one . that would
meet, the ar.d demands "ofthe
'teachers ipj the schppl rppm. ' . pi.il"
quiesced fin the, ppimphj that it i^sia
one of the most ;ppqsdntlhud^prpfitai
hie institutes over hold in j the r pointy. 1
v r The citizens of. the place gave a free
entertainment tc the members of the
;* 1 • '•/'.> • 'if '.’jr . .1 • / .
institute during their |i stay ot four
days'. - 1 . : '-"' : : i|’ '' ' : -
"17
m
, ?
• . * *
i * *
’ NOTICE TO wftfoftlS ;■*
i .■■;»>Br = 7rT l -.; ;t jGw!g'l>i3# v I-
Adrertisomeata. inaerltdal _ Iterate otwU
pc? ■Bquan%—; j!»eb 1 subaeqaliit fiaiwraj}»
SO cents. A liberal i discount ntado yearljp ,
ativcrtisers^aadWloegradTßrtie'cfflelils.. i. ’ 1
®P!f Jf ‘JP? O
aeasurcjJ as.a.squaiiv ~..,[ . -, h
Special notices 25 percent. to reg _■
alar rales. _ JJ .■ •t . ..• ■
_- i ; /. .'aptJf I-- I
i cafils^.Jp; .Uwti 3reax
■ rmet
and oilier Notices of a publiciiaUirc, free. ■
- Morale JjViirueliaru—Tho . Scriptures
tvero read daily • inoalt' ttc bchoola.—
.Many 6t them. were bpcjrVgd
or, and teachers-pf.jtnose 1 schools'
reported to mg' this
had.an, excellopl'influepebon tbc older:;
aiid c.ondu,dt,o.f i U^e,hoo^ J >!S.he tcachr |
ers generallyAgara /riibrail instrnctiod ?
orally to lhojrjsp.ild,--n-if ■*} ' * 1
Educational >' 4^eAdiW.-^Oar i - ! B’hipn
Schools" liave;;done- a go'od work; in i
prcpdtlngtcachijrs/tUid wo.'have' How,
•in twrt institutions
at ilio county apst ,'Ffof. Taylor’s ■ Fe-
Seminary an# iikS‘^Se^t’dr
ih'htaro a fib rd ip g go.o.d.ad vantages!©
those \vho.-wisjj ,to • ,
dor teaching...•>* . ' -
And last .-bain}hot’ leUbJtfe tato'iiniV
ppospoCtthc esiabl ish nib n £ of' A* 2Vor-V
ntallScJtoQl in this
blon ‘mafcPo
■the necessary fimdsV ; I 'thW iis
;ah iivdispe'nsutile requ'iMte'^for-^Ti'ti^ *
tetttsfteraalWrori'gli
ihfff.pild I hope tot) chiff pid?: B-rfiHHid’’ 1
pukhal Ib.i*wardvb3' tli’e; > fri6ti : ds-4)f gdiuW
cffieieirt 'tb : fiifcCessfdl 1
:»inatioo.- »
' Concludinglthndrlis —-In'taking ,ii <
rctrospebt ! of ike labors of tlio Isisc
year, I do iiot toddci
very nitteh; progress!.- 'lf-jcld :
me to sby that. we'iiave.heia phf ioiSbf -
mcr ground, I w.ilfnot
The heavy draft/ made on •ourdfnalW
leathers ! byfthe army, ami-■'other javo- r ' -
cations that' offered nf or b. d' *•<■
live salaries ~Uran teach ins are the.
principal causey, ..The furiiver. wiis y o!/ ■'
.he expectea ftoiu.young'TOeribduca-".
tod
cd.-w 'til _ jkjiu spmt ,of patriotjs'ny an'd*
the love'pf'/iiberty.j. It'Yaaq
the i,f;of6Beion thati9o i'nany' .t*afehei!«
•nobiy volunteered to go fdrtb fti
:foneo of-'tbolryb'iVntry. -
for should jibt have ihcccssurify j'rhpoi
ded ;our Wo pbquhi- not
. lof .'
*o bib drawn away after^otberpui^dit^
• merely/ because they 1 pay betlolt Wc •
1 »• • ‘Ai* ‘-ia *“ a'i >ifLi •*'> •’r'", •i • * > o ; ; !
shoilla' 'always be ’wilting 'to.njihte
teaching' aVrcrauncratiye 'as Jany /
. or jastandh'b.horivblo occup;atioh..fT!io .
■ special aUcnilon of • ,
■ is ca!lqd| to this matter,! op.,'UVat tvfci/e,
t am laboring to raise the standard <of
, dho teach
co 6pci;aip with mo by giving
Salarics’.to biSciCht' toipSbrs.’”. : ( ,i'l '{" '
particular ,
wfli bo made.jpn imylplapb for' thpjcu^
~ , J an of thq pplnibij •
that tliednostlcffoctual 'way - to qepqrg’
reforms- amoiEg, bur schools and loach
orsjia to ; inform dlVo
ecciljrc the co-operatio.bof the poo^l'e,.y
Such 'efforts will, bo: made .as.' ip triy .
judgment.,aye !bbst'calculatod to. prq,
mote these' objects. ,Sej'ool directors..,'
will bp palmed bf-'my vliyis 1 ;as far ad'
possible,, abd, when^jjraetica^lo, I p.u,b}j.ci.;
-meqiipgs -will .bojbclcl an fW dUtncts.-
I■ I’h.rbe fustit'uVes" will! bb held■ i (f «Jji- ;
force t pards.'-of this fcpupty.fcarly .uf .
thelhll,,xind'subsequent tbfids.acpn-..'
tl-ai-jcbuuty institute *
the; last :”'bf 6ctp'Bor l fW^ ;
county seat. ,v T I' .'' -■ '
c: M.yf -I-I’■■ .V-.!ftuo3*;uiJ-«; QCll'
i@iiP.itt; • was. oricb rcnnrasSing 1 fbl‘ i
himself,i rvvbcm he earn'd 'Staclci '
smith’s, -slidp.. 'ttSb’j” said ihm Id thb-
vjmh
your»otd ?"■;
oft Vplead,. i admiro iyou?-htod,| but - . Blacks
.Blacks 4ich
hang your mannai 1 •■ ' i ■.
'"'oSuTljat ciyllizatioh ; js co^ r &ccpsBjii«
rilj? , 'f»tar to iUo- : w
shtwri |>y jflie,
Ij?**; fnoftinjg an
y oara ‘or _ nqt in '. P°F
6oht,'' •
•
"B©.“Doctor,”, said i man 1 to : 2A'e'rr
notby, “my idamgbter ;b’M a fife; and;
continued for' half an
wnbsa or knowledge!**' ;
tbe doctor, ‘‘novepi'mind - tbto/'lhktiy: ■
ipooplocouluino 8Q all-' ii’ta/* ‘‘ J ‘
: ,|©-A
tiir Ipf jlypan Edwaida,
-pin, stuck in>hcr. thrt>at« auhiß :
,16 bplioyod vbor n c pk; wilt ( bay 1 ai i o> ;he*
opened ; to oxtricateilv 1 SboosuflWre
and is anablo to tpcak lcaii.
■' l ke&u'iif al' 6a 11>|
On hoanrigpChis,’ a ! bsC6^£ili>fJ wi cS e(|jy ,
bb&i^od^tha^'it/Waa^iip 1 nfioqipmon
thing for pOOtile’a oVea lo' opened
J. ‘"»f I ” '■£» • « ' : . •*: •j; *l* I? •.»- 'hL, •', j* vi„*'fVJ t\ , .*< JJ, " .’
,ljy matrimony, '•'. -
ovPryiyear wp would rpotptit I
one Vico a jipHld eooner
feet mec|;j '’f' i’” ' < ' v *
f
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