WEDNESDAY MORNING, Jan. I, 1 8 68.
Farmers 'Heiartment.
LET US RAISE . GOOD•STOOK.
Why Is it-that on so many of the
farms throughout-the country, farms
of which rio - person . need be ashamed,
and which . . inmost every particular
except this one, show the unquestion
able sign of good - farniing, the stock
exhibits the unmistakable evilence of
neglect and inattention in breeding?
There is no doubt that it is genCrally
the result of carelessness, or that it
arises from the mistaken idea often
entertained by farmers, that "it will
not pay" to devote more attention
and expense to this branoh of their
business.
How very much mistaken are those
who indulge in this idea, for that it
will cost no more•to keep a well-bred
animal than one of an inferior quality
is an undisputed fact and very often
it is the case
.that that breed of ani.
male which is particularly distinguish
ed for some excellent quality, consume
less than those which are their decid
ed inferiors, Hence it follows from
this, that it is possible to keep more
well-bred animals upon a certain quan
tity of food than those of an inferior
quality. 1.
Raving thus proved that it is poor
economy, in relation to the quantity
of food consumed,'- to - keep an inferior
animal, I shall now speak of some of
the other advantages which well-bred
animals have over inferior.
Take, for example, two oxen, one of
which is well-bredand well cared for,
the other an ill-bred, ill cared for, in
ferior animal, and notice the vastly
greater ease and celerity with which
the former will do his work in com
parison to the latter. In like manner
take two cows and notice the differ
ence in the quantity and
.quality of
their milk. Also, in relation to fat
tening qualities, observe how much
quicker and with what greater facili-.
ty the well-bred animals may be fat
tened, and to what greater weight
they may be bronght than those which
are inferior to them. But some may
say that it is necessary, in order to
obtain these well-bred animals, to in
vest more money than theycare about
doing. It is true that in some cases
it is necessary to . expend A certain
amount, bui when properly in
vested, will soon be repaid. But it
often happens that it is not:necessary
to expend anything, for there . are
doubtless some of your neighboiS who
possess better hied males than your
self, and often by thus interchanging
great benefits may ensue. - -
Such a method as this would bene
it only those who raise their . own
breeding stook; but those who buy
their stock and sell the young, gen.
erally run a- risk of obtaining some in
ferior animals.—Gorincentozoin Tel.
sAipiNG PIGS.
One of the most important require
ments in raising , siviiie is to procure a
_ thrifty docile breed, and-such as •will
fat readily,' requiring but little food,
and at the same time large in natural
size, and early in maturity. The food
a sow when rearing a litter of pigs,
should bo varieddry corn
,and cold
water are not sufficient. Nothing is
'better than slors from the house with
; some milk and corn meal. It is .ad
, •.visable, if the - sow does not have range
()fa field; to. give charcoal and a lit.
tle salt and; sulphur every few days.
,The breeditig sow should mot' be
.closely confined. She should, 'at least,
Z- 5 have the . liberty of a yard, besides her
I .. . l ; :ileePing pen., so that she can get at
earth:; 'Do not .by any means
''''cliafige her quarters just before she is
going to have her• youhg, nor disturb
her nest. Gii , e plenty of clean whea
moats strawnever hay—and let her
JA: arrange the bed to her own-liking. If
vegetableg, salt and a little
fresh meat, is= fed to the. sow about
tileirme she is going : to have her
J . -ryounm-there will be no danger of her
_ ''eating-her progeny.
' - When - the pigs get old enough to
go to the'trough and eat, they should
be fed by themselves: Make a pass'
way for them, into another apartment,
where the cannot go, and feed
them with milk containing a little
''tioiled Lind mashed potato. The trough
is best made of two boards, nailed to
gether-irf a 'V shape, with ;cross slats
once in four or five inches, to keep
the:pigs from getting into their feed.
The best of the litter should always
-be.seloctect and kept for breeders, and
different breeds of the first order
'brought together for exchange. It is
' believe that in-and4ri
breeding deteriorates the race, yet we
know farmers who have practiced it .
for a number of years, and without
any apparent deterioration.
HAlHS.—After - hams have been
smoked; 'take them down, and thor
oughlyrub the ,fleshy.part with mo -
lassepAhen immediately apply ground
pepper, by.,sprinkling on as much as
will stick to the molasses, when they
tuns be liu - tigiup s te dry. Hams treat
ed in this panner,will keep perfectly
sweet for iWO Or_ three - years. This'
inhatle Alone before the" fly AepOsits
its .. .eggS; for 'after that is done noth
ing will .stop :their ravages. - The above
has been pradticed in our section for
twenty : ye,ary„ No .soaking -is neces
sary. One pint of molasses and one
and-a half .tir'tviti pounds' of black
%pepper. are sufficient for any ordinary .
family.
• .
•
`The iii•ain "c rop - ihis-year
_wlil be ;
immense. At: least. 20,000,000
14. s ,of w4es b sou harveate4,—
The grape crop - is" also above the won-
ESE
[For the Ladies.] .
Serving a Meal—lnfluence of a Good
The farmer has all the adVantag,e
in the world to have a good meal,
iubstantial, neatly. served. The et
ceteras of the hotels he is not expect
ed to have, and he does not want
them; heis brought up to a different
fare; he prefers his own fare.
Look at his potatoes, fresh dug from
the ground; his eggs,fresh from, the
hennery; his garden stuffs; his wheat
newly ground; butter fresh from the
churn; and milk—you get the true
extract, foaming, from ;the udder.—
What do you get that is not fresh and
good ?
• A snow white cloth to spread, and
dishes to match; a fresh, healthy at
mosiiliere; flowers upon the table to
ornament, but particularly to add
their fragrance; then if cheerfulness
crown the whole; is it ought, and' as
it is likely to do, what more is want
.ed in the culinary line ? No more, if
the cooking also has been done well,
as it is apt to be with the rest in or.
der.
Such a meal, what does it do ? It
encourages a man. It draws him to
his family—to a happy reunion. This
is the pitch of-life--a happy -state in
the family.
Now a :meal has much to do to bring
about this state of things. Let it be
neglected, badly .cooked, and worse
arranged—let there be a slovenly look
about the room, and an atmosphere .
onorous of vile scents, vermin, etc.,
accompanying in various ways—and,
who is delighted with such a state of
things? Cam it produce the desired
effect, which we above tried to de
scribe? It certainly does not. There
are too many such families; and are
they not more or less unhappy, living
like the heathen, often the brute, and
associating with him.
Happiness delights in tidiness; it
will have it; it must have it. So the
tree is clean, the grass, the sky, even
the ground. The beasts "of the field
are not an exception, nor the insects,
the reptile, a snake, a toad if: you
please, the sleek panther,• and the
bird on its limb, or in the air clearing
the pure atmosphere. Min alone
seems to be beneath all these, the fa
tional, the elevated above them -all,
allied to angels and to Deity. •
'Now, as such he ought•to enjoy his
privileges. He is to be a christian.—
He cannot be a Christian in the dirt.
He will not- be, a -good • citizen. a He
will be shunned; it is right he should
be; and he always will'be, an outcast,
save with those of his kin—a kin to
him in filth.
BUt the cleanly, the chaSte, the
sweet-flavored—these are inviting, as
the outside, world in its beauty is
inviting, : and is healthy and hap
py. A. neat parlor',' a neat kitch
en; cellar ; and attic ditto; the scoured
floor, the white . spread tale
,and
bright fuiniture:—•these are desirable.
They beget good words, smiling faces;
they make—home. Here you desire
to be; here you are contented. •
Let us then teach . our daughters
neatness;!. teach it by example—the
best schooling in the world—a good
example, influencing, taking hold of
us whether we will it or not—winning
us. Then we are sure of our object.
We cannot be otherwise.
Ah,. there is a beauty in a good ex
ample I—in a cleinly, well-arrariged
house 1-in the habits of . industry
the hum . of the wheel (if hilt in imag
ination,) as well as the hum of bees,
the symbols of industry—and the
cheerful air of Die housewife. This
is her sphere, the house, the domestic
board. She is lord, or queen of the
domain; it is her business, the man
:only: providing for her. If . can
alsoaid, so much the better. This
will lighte'n her task, and the thing
will be• still more cheerful and har
monious. '
Here, in such a household, is the
place for poetry, for seclusion, for en
joyment: The wife does it, nsiostly at
least. She is qualified for it, and bet
ter than .the' man. She adds her
grace, her-feminine softness and at
traction; she does it—how-she' brings
up ter children by her example—how
she encourages her husband, making
his home a preferable place to any
other, and, therefore, the place4here
he is found. Such a wife makes her
self happy in her family—makes the
familio!s happiness.
MAKE THE HORSES WORK.--Hors
es Were designed as beasts of burden
tor elieve mankind of fatigueingirud
gery. It does not hurt them to work
hard, if they are treated kindly, it
is not the hard drawing and porrder...
ous loads that wear out horses, and
that make them poor, balky and
worthless; but it is the hard driving,
the worrying by rough and inhuinan
drivers that uses up more flesh, fat'
and muscle than all the labor a team
performs. Consider the ponderous
loads that many teams are required to
cart every day, and several times a
day, and yet they appear to grow fat
ter and stronger every year. They
are treated kindly. On the contrary,
other horses, that do not perform half
the labor, soon grow poor and give
out, and the next we hear of them
they died With the harness on. Hard
work does .not "kill them. But " the
fretting, worrying and abuse did the
job.
".Horses will do 'all the Mowing
and.ea,ping on a, large farm, thrash
the grain,: pitch the hay, turn the
'grindstone, saw the•wood,and perform
almost all theleavy'labor -that.farms
ers have - been' accustomed to do, and
grow fat r if they are, not worried and
jerked, and kicked about as if they
were a living football.
The Airmen neap philaeelphia think it
pays to haul manure 15 or 20 M ilia, at
a n expenoe of $5 to 47 per ton:
ffl Zi
Ma
one side at least, should be devoted to
prices current." I was then pettish
ly thrown upon the counter, but was
soon in "requisition. A boy came in,
with "Please to lend me your • paper
fora few minutes, just to look at the
ship news?"
The request was reluctantlygranted,
With something about the plague of
paper borrowing, and a determination,
to stop it. I was soon borne to a neigh
boring house. The good old woman,
whose husband was at sea,, eagerly
sought the ship news, but was disap
pointed in her search.
" How negligent and careless these
-printers are," said she, "not .a word
of intelligenCe of the Wind Bird; they.
print of Poland and poetry, and fill
their papers with advertisements and
that is all they care about." Miss.
now took her turn. She sought the
stories, poetry and marriages, which,
In half an hour were all devoured With
a "wonder that they put , anything
else in the paper." An elderly lady
now took me, who, adjusting her spec
tacles, surveyed me a little while, and
declared me a "terrible uninteresting
paper; hardly. a column. of deaths and
not more than fifteen or twenty mur
ders and accidents."
In this way I passed through all the
hands of the family, and after being
well soiled and somewhat torn by the
little ones, was sent home. For three
whole days I got no rest, but was con-
tinually. borrowed and abuse - d. At
the end .et.this period I was supplant:-
ed by anew face, and was then dis
'carded and thrown aside like all sery
ants when they have become useless
I was, however, again resuscitated,
and employed as a wrapper to some
merchandise. and sent into the coun-
try. There I again became the ob
j eet of interestiwent the rounds of the
neighborhood, 'and was a "nine days'
wandpr.!?
I am now quietly hanging up
. in
a shattered condition, in a farmer's
kitchen, from which I 'have written
this brief memoir. I have seen much
of the world, and learned that man-
kind ate unreasonable and ungrateful,
and that, in a world of great variety
of tastes and wishes, it is impossible
to please all—so I have come - to the
conclusion, finally, to please myself,
regardless of what the world may
think or say.
• —The actual debt of the State of
Pennsylvania at the end of the fisoal
year, November 30th, 1868, was
thirty-three. millions two hundred and
eighty : six thousand nine hnndred and
forty-six dollars and thirteen cents—a
reduction of some ten millions during
the °Republican administrations of
Governers Curtin and Geary, besides
paying five millions more for war ex
penSes. A continuance of Republic
an rule for a few years longer will re
sult in the total extinguishment of the
tate debt.
The-Life of _a Newspaper.;
WEITTEIPBY ITSELF.
My-life is'shortly told. •My first im
pression was the sensation of a - tre
mendous but short, squeeze, which in- -
stantly awoke me, into life and thought.
was now spread out to the light, and
a glow of intelligence completely per !
vaded me. My ideas were at first
new, multifarious and confused; na
tions? politics, courts, wars, speeches,
merchandise, fights, feasts, deaths,
marriages, ditties, poetry, &c., &e,,
made up_ all_my thoughts, which
were various and mixed. I. lay in a
silent state of wonder and great
amazement.
I soon found that I was but one of
a very large funny, that was u.hered
into this curious world at the same
time. Our whole family was laid in
regular order in a pile ; my situation,
being one of the first born, was par..
ticularly uneasy, damp and uncbm- -
fortable. I had a silent, intuitive
longing wish to get into the world.
which was at last gratified.
Morning came, and I was carefully
folded and laid, Moses-like, in a bas
ket, by a boy, who was called the car
..
tier, and borne into the street. The
said carrier fsoon found was an ob
jeet of interest and deiire. He was
soon accosted by an elderly looking
man, with threadbare, rusty breech- -
.
es= ~•:,
"Have you a spare paper this
'morning, boy ?" •
"No, sir," was the short reply,and
he trudged •on with us, muttering,—
" Not as you know 'on, old Gripes,
you are they same chap that promised
me some coppers for the paper. the
other morning, and hain't paid me
-yet; you are.too stingy to take the pa
pet:-you won't get another from Me;
-I guess?" * • • •
My brethren were now fast leaving
me, deposited at their proper destina
tion; at length my turn came, and I
was tucked into the Crevice of a 'shop
door. The first
. sample. of the kind
was not at all alluring. I had not been
long in My - new situation; when
a a
re
luctantly
early comer, swinging key
in his hind, wistfully eyed me-and
casting a look about
me : into
seized-pe; and. thrust e : into 'hiS
pocket. •Igy,rightful owner 7 -by vii
tue of advance pay, being in sight,
hailed and arrested the, pilferer, 'and
with threats compelled him to relin
quish his:prize. He entered-liis store,
and. I-soon found that I was the first
object of his attention. After hastily
drying me by the fire, in which pro
gress I narrowly escaped conflagra
tion, he ran over • me, and fixed his
eyes upon sales at auction, advertise
ments, .&c. I was then more particu
larly examined; and dismissed with
condemnation.
• *.`-`, Nothing but foreign news—Con
gress and Cabinet-7love stories,: and
accidents-by flood and field. A news
taper should be a cominercia -eeport
RADICAL - REcONSTRUCTION.
Alexander... Clark, A: M. - Pas
tor.pf. First MethodisCinirch,Pitts
burgh. • -
Taxx=Righteousness exalteih a rialion.
Proverbs xiv: 34..
Righteousness, with a" syllable left
out, is rightness.; and, with still another
syllable,left out, is right.- Right is root,
Right refers to relations: - , Rights - are
always relative. Recognition of, and re
spect for rights, are the-' roots of which
righteousnees is the growth. Rightious=
nese is radicalism in impulse and ahar
.aoter: A righteous man honors the
rights of his fellows, regardless of con
dition or circumstance. And a nation is
measured hae as a man. The 'same
principle which makes an individual
right will make a nation - righteous.
There is no suoh'thing as - a
high stand
ard for a man and a low standard for a
nation.. The measure must, be - honest
from' nd to end, and all the inches be
tween must be equal. -A nation is an in
dividual many times multiplied. • The
law of the one is the law of the . Other.—
Whatever cultures, honors, refines, and
elevates a man, will, of course, produce
a like effect upon a • nation. The glory
of a person is the glory of a people;
A nation is not great because - of its
area, of miles, its climate, its-wealth, its
population,. its armies, its science, its
architecture, or its learning. Theie are
riot primary elements of greatness or
glory. You-must come in through all
initerialities, and in threugh all intel
leotualities, in to the hearts of living
men, and test this whole question by a
moral principle. This is what makes
God great—this is what exalts him high
over all—his righteousness!' It is se in a
man, and in a nation of men. This is
the only uplifting element in all the uni
verse of thoughts and things. Education
exalts only as it centers in God. Art
elevates only as it portrays God. Mili
taryachlevements lift up a people only
RS they tramp down the enemies of God.
The' late civil war was a- stuperidoui
power, millien-muscled and powder-im
pulsed, under the foundations of this re-
Public,. and as an earthquake heaves up
by fire and flood a new island in the sea,
so uplifted the war this nation to a new
atmosphere of liberty and light; But
not by the heroism of loyalty, not by the
iron energy of - Government, not by the
blood 'of our suffering brothers, not by
the conquests of land , and sea. The tri
umph came not out of these; not "by
might nor by power;" but -the jubilant
victory which made all true hearts leap
and thrill sprang - from therighteouiness
of our cause. The final success was not
so much that of the flag as of the cross,
not so much' that of the United States as
of the Kingdom of Heaven ! The
.sur
render of Lee under the Virginia apple
tree was not so much to General Grant
as to Jesus Christ. No wonder that this
nation has been so immeasurably exalt
ed since that auspicious event. The De
claration of American Independence and
the Proclamation' of Emancipation,
heaven-inspired charters of equal rights,
were emphasized-and energized that glo
rious April day I The long winter was
over and gone. The voice of the turtle
was heard through the land. The buds
- of freeddm burst forth from a withered
bough, and all the air was redolent with
white-winged blossoms Of promise and
hope. Every human heart that touched
the heart of the world's Redeemer by
faith and sympathy in that exultant hour,
responded to the impulse which throbbed
as an eternal life-beat through the :na
tion, and.felt that is was right and not
might which covered our arms with
'glory. The Union was saved becauSe
slavery and secession were wrong.—
Equal rights to all were secured because
Christ the Lord is evermore able toes=
tablish his kingdom, and broaden 'the
liberties of his people, until the utter
most part of the earth are compassed as
his righteous possession.
A nation, to be righteous, must be so
in three essential particulars; 1. /n
its Constitution: 2. In its Adminstration.
3. In its People.
• 1. Its frame work must be put up of
sound timber. There must be organic
rightness here. There must be no
shrinkage of unseasoned beams. There
must be no swelling and warping of
cross-grained braces. -
To change the figure : There must be
no -rottenness in the root of our liberty
tree, if we expect strength in the trunk,
symmetry in the branches, beauty in the
foliage, and sweetness in the fruit. The
seat of our national life must be, as the
heart of a man, the centre and source of
health. The plan and structure must be
thorough, radical • christian. The con
stitution-of a nation must be righteous.
It must recognize men as such from' a
deeper conception than that of their col
or, statute, or brogue. It must be har
monious with all the rights of tz . com
mingling people, whoss , capacities and
Castes are varied, but whose privileges
and opportunities are common. The
Book of God furnishes the outline and
the Providence of God the particulars
of a righteous constitution. The Con
ntitution of the United States embraces
the principles of-the Declaration of in-
dependence, and those principles ere
sprung from- tho Decalogue given direct
to the Jewish nation of old. And the
Gospel intensifies and magnifies thole*,
"Thott shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, and thy neighbor as
.'thy
self." Now, a man's neighbor is his
equal, no matter whether he stands the
same height in his boots; wear the same
textured apparel, show the same tint 'in
his skin, or manifest the same intellect-
ual acumen. These differences do not
ouch the question of, rights. Out in
nature, the tall cedar of the mountain,
the nodding :violet of the plain, and the
pale ground ivy bloom of the - valley, have
each a right to • the sunshine , and the
rain. Each hae the privilege of perfect-
ing itself according to its capacity, and
neither ever disturbs the. other. The
elm is not jealous. of the daisy, but rath
er screens it beneath its spreading arms.
The oak does not hurl acorns on the
clasping fingers of the vine that seeks
its strong protection. The eagle is not
afraid the lark may out-soar him toward
the' sun;' Each risini into the .limitless
heavens-according-to'its strength of_will
and wing, for both are equally,free.-
§o ev,ery hurnen being,has r the right- to
make, P 111:,11 , Lof himself; and no min
was tr,q.. appointed to lord it over his
fellows by belittling them in church -or
Staie. "Love thy neighbor as thyself"
squire cut, and not obliquely as if you
stooped! , There is no caste in genuine
democracy. Nations are but neighboi
hoods, brotherhoods; indeed; and this
makettthe gospel the interpreter of all
international law. 1 The nation that
makes Christ divine, supreme, and every
man the of every .other, enjoys the
true' theoCricy and the true democracy.
The Jewish government, ordained of God
and fashioned for humanity, was a Theo
democraoy—a system which recognized;
first, theLoid :meet high, and second,
the people all as lowly equals. -- When
caste crept into the counsels of the
reelites, arid they began' to - afam — or for
a human king; God, is his anger, gave
them One, warning them , of the conse
quences. . It was an innovation upon
his plan.. The desire for an earthly
monarch meant rejection otHimself.
This super-royal' honor to men, hoist
ing equals to arbitrary thrones, and
keeping them there by hereditary holds,-
-this oalling a mere brother "'master,"
and ''bishop" in such a way as to ask
him - to tell us what to think and where
to work,' hiS ' always Jess or more of in
fidelity in it. Itig,nores the round per
fections Of the' only One who is worthy
to be calied katiter and Lord. It seems
like stipplernenting Divinity!
. Monarchy is a - heathen institution.—
It originated iffPagan lands, and not in
He.aven.`: kto'd . neier gave any nation
such a government; He barely perinits it
and that as a punishment for clamor and
caste. God, - in all government which is
righteous, holds the first-place, and man
the second. There is no' Intermediate
place for superior blood and aristocratic
arrogance,—no third and lower place for
serfs and slaves. Every citizen of a true
government is a possible ruler, and no
ruler is such by reason' of his. blood.—
His heart and brain must elevate him to.
high places. . For God made of one and
the satire blood, not only all the people
of one nation; but all people of all na
tions of the whole earth, to be - equal in
rights and. privileges until the_ )1 . st indi
vidual in the human race shall - have
been summoned to the judgment, seal of .
Christ.
This fundamental fact was understood
by the frainere of ouinational Constitu
tion. It was conceived by the mind of
the Infinity, lauguage.d to the *world in
the Sinai law, and magnified by the Gos. ;
pel of Jests Christ. It has been - the
central glory of Atierica's greatness
from 1776 until now—obscured 'and mis
interpreted until the day when Abraham •
Lincoln's hand, guided by the recording
angel of the Lord, wrote four millions of
bondsmen free! . That pen of the,Presi
dent as it glided over the paper page,
had mightier power than any warrior's
sword that ever leaped from scabbard
in the battle-field. For it moved in an
swer to the blessed will of. God, and
swept away from the old foundations the
superstructures o f the villainous build
ers, and it remains now for the people's
Congress and the people's President in
the incoming administration. to go - on
until the broken ruins are completely re
moved from the base our fathers laid so
wisely and eo well. The reconstruction
must be carried forward by honest - men,
who shall measure, weigh, square, fit,
polish and cement every part by the
standard of the Gospel.
The war has thrown down what was
wrongly put up. The materials lay in
wild confusion about us. They had been
mischievouslyhuilt in. Republicanism,
Democracy, AbolitionisM;Secession,Sla
very, and all sortsor human fabrics piled
in - together, but without symmetry;
beauty or strength—a worse than Babel
tower'of incohering parts. . It was a
monstrous deformity—an - offence to the
eye of, all civilization.' God wouldn't
have such a pitiful -structure rising up
into His holy heavens. 'He mantled it
with clouds, scathed 'and shivered it
with lightnings, and amotedown to . the
low level of beginnings;'and now He
commands reconstruction on the basis of
equal brotherhood. We are to rear again
a national edifice tliat shall be' fronted
toward all races of men, and solid in
every wall. Let - us thank God toiday
that we are permitted to do this—that
we are not utterly destroyed, as a nation,
for our sips.
.This is a grand work of
ours. Let all the people take part in it
by word, by prayer, and by solemn deed;
and let us be glad that we may engage
in such a blessed business. It is a rare
privelege to live in these days;and
through these duties of reconstruction
—these times of speeial mercy and
matchless opportunity. The Master says
to the American people: You tried it
once, but failed. You - built in rubbish
for rook, ice for_ granite, straw for ce
ment; and your dangerous fabric was
shaken•down. Now, try it over- again;
and build, next time, after the model of •
the Gospel; build fair and square; build
for souls, for eternity, for God. For
only righteousness exalteth a nation.
Let' us examine foundations. What
our fathers merely implied, let ,us fully
supply: Let there be a distinct recog
nition of the great Christ of all ages as
the chief corner stone. If this is to be
a Christian nation, it must be built on
Christ. Let his name be honored ever
more by the President and by all in au-.
thority. If States say we must swear by
the God of the Bible let States themselves
stand by the Christ of the Bible. Let
the Chief Magistrate and Governors ac
knowledge Christ in their proclamations
and foreign Ministers represent Christ
in their official transactions: True De- -
mooraoy requires this essential The . ocra=.
ay. The one is the compliment of the
oiher. To confess the authority of-Je
sus Christ is to acbnowledge the equali
ty ef Men. Now, let every word'be la 7
ken from eur federal Constitution which
slavery put in it—every'letter, dash and
dot which the Christ-rejecting and broth
er-hating iniquity caused to mar. the
Document of our fathers traced out of
IMB=l
-7 ' , ',‘,':-.:--:5 - ,•;i,,',
MEM
God's latelet all be expunged and the
-blanks 'supplied by words from
: the Gos
-pel of God's Son. Ilenceioithjet it glow
and blaze' with itsewn inherent truth, so
radiantly that there shall he no mistak
. ing its
_real signifiCance. • And let all
State constitutions accord with the cen
tral one; and lit all eclesiastical econo
mies know no more forever such level
ing words as - " white" and " - male" in
the voices of fellowship and Counsel.
The great danger now is in concilia
tion. •Policy is always to be suspected.
Compromise led to the great mistake at
first, and apologized for its enormity tip
the last. This spirit led us as a
"people
to build a false structure. It was con
servatism before the war; let it be rad
icalism after the war. The one produc
ed strife; . the other leads to permanent
peace. It was the rebelßeauregard who
'opened fire on Sumpter; it was the,loyal
Grant who took Lee's sword at Appomat
ox. Let Cengiess insist upon it, in the
face of Southern pride and party policy,
The stone of equal rights must" go into the
reconstruction—lT KNOT GO IN without a
scar or'scratch or stain of dishonor. To
build wlthOut this, now,: is doubly crim
inal ; it would insult God and imperil
man.- Such reconstruction would be re
destruction: There must be unswerving
adherence to the masonry of the Archi
tect who biultthe universe. There must
be no false stone, no rear and front ex
changes of pieces for effect, no datibing
with unteinpered 'mortar. - -
We'are not to Waste our. time answer
ing questions of policy. We are simply
to do -our duty. "What shall be done
with the negro ?" Thine - With hint ?
Thank God; he's not a chattel, or apiece
of commodity any more, that any such
barbarous question as that need be ask
ed. As well inquire, "What shall be
done with the German, the"lrishman,
the Spaniard ?" These; in this land, are
all their own men, our neighbors, breath
ing'freedom's air in immtnon-with us all;
and the question how is, rather, " What
shall we do for the:.negro ?" If he be
hungry, let us feed him; if he is naked
let us elothe him; " ifhe be wieked, let
us show him Christ by pin - . patience, our
kindness, our forbearance, our love. :
But 'we are 'told there is no affinity be
lween the African race and our
We,hear,from the politicians of the South
and their Censervative syinfathizers of
the North ; until it rings as the itep:note
of the Party's plaint, " We hate the ne
gro." '‘‘ There is - absolute antagonism,"
they say, " between 'the races." That
would do to tell in a speecherWrite on,
history's page, if it were not for, one_
queer fact—the Mulattoes! If these yel
low faces argue natural antaganisni,it is
a pity for the logic as well as - the instinct
of the mcderU Democracy !
And this so-called repugnance to ,col
or is a mere pretence. The standard
bearer of the "white 'man's party," du ;
ring the recent campaign, was not :that
he had then Put On' mourning; it is his
taste to hide his Circnsianiena by Sable
garments. Find a Man who talks
nonsense of antipathy to color, and ten
ohancbs to one he wears a black hat,
drives üblack .carriage, sports a black
cane, or uses hair dye at his toilet. It
is not repugnance to color as they say,;
it is repugnance to low condition. And
if they dated express it, the feeling is
the, same toward all who are. poor and
abject and depressed. It is a political
hypocrisy, itself darker than the badge
it fain would throw over every child of
poverty, of whatever name or nation:
There is a clue of half idead men who
say that this is the white man's country.
So it.is ; . .but it is the black man's, the
brown man's; and the red man's country
also. It is more the freedman's than the
Irishman's if birthright has' any claim.
Thank God," this glad-Thanksgiving
Day, I can stand in a free pulpit antt.say
to you in those free seats, that this is
everybody's country. It is broad enough
for all kindreds, tribes and tongues, for
rich and poor are here, weak and 'strong
are here, ledinedand illiterate are here;
while over all and first' of all, God is
hue ; for at last it is God's country!—
And if Hi permits black men in it, He'll
see that they breathe its atmosphere, eat
its bread, and enjoy it as creatures bear
ing His own image, 'and destined to rise
into His high heaven before their pale
faced fellows Who hate ,them without a
cause._ Whoever .hums this 'silly song,'
"The white man's country," ought to be
alleged out of if by Indians; for if it
- comes down to a simple question of prior
occupancy, the copper-skin's - claim is
best of all. Shame on the tongue that
has no bettar argument than,. ' White
man's 'country !" For in wars with
Britain and Rcbeldom, soldiers in ebony
contributed largely to save this Republic
from 'overthrow. If we relied 'upon the
bullets of colored troops in time of war,
Surely we should be magnanimous enough
to give ballots to colored freemen in
time of peace. Suffrage does not neces
sarily lead to social equality. That is a
matter of taste. Because a Dutchman
votes in your ward is no reason why a
Dutchman shall marry your daughter.—
Voting is a matter of right. Marry
ing is a matter of taste. Tastes and
rights are not in danger of mixing any
more than oil and water. _Their equilib
rium will not be disturbed_by the inno
cent bits of acr that men deposit at
the polls.
This whole nation. needs to be recast
on the model of the New Testament. =
Churches need reconstruction, until hu
man creed and stately ritualism shali
give place to simple Christianify.--
Schools need reconstruction, until phys
ical and moral training shallstand equal
in importance to mental culture. Labor
needs • reconstruction, until capitalists
and employees see eye to eye as level
men. Society needs reconstruction; un
til fashion's sickly sentimentalism shall
hide before the light of common sense
and warmth of neighborly affection. In
all departments of life, the inalienable
rights of all people should be recognized
and honored,-for nothing less or lower
than thorough rightness—unceasing
righteonsnesswill exalt the nation.
[Mr. 'Clark discussed at some length
the second and third points of his dis-
course, viz: right Administration and
right People, showing how a right Con
stitution should be righteously adminis
tered, how the people should be educa-
ed and interested in Government, and
closed by a word picture of a nation ex
alted in the lightand liberty of the Gos-
pel.j—REPOßTEß—Pittsbur,gh Com.
BOIIOIIGIIL
TOWNSITIPS
8e11ef0nte.......
MilesbUrg
Unionville
Howard
Philipsburg.....
Boggs
Benner
Burnside
Ctirtin
Perguson..l
Gregg
Homes
Halfmoon
Harris •
Howard.
Huston
'Liberty
Mari0n......,
Miles
Patton
Penn -
Potter
Rush
Snow Shoe..
Spring-
Taylor
Union..
Walker.
Worth.
Total
Majorities
CENTRE COUNTY OFFICIAL-OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1868.
BOROUGHS
ARD
Towsiltms
- Bellefonte...
Milesburg...
Unionville...
Howard Bor
Philipsbnr g
Boggs - •
Benner.
Burnside
Curtin
Perguson....
Gregg
Haines
Harris
Howard
Huston
Liberty
Marion
Miles
Patton
Penn
Potter... - . ..
Rush
Snow Shoe..
Spring
Taylor •
'Union
Walker.
Worth
Total
add ciiirriEs
'Grandeur .of :American Citizenship. ' STATE OFFICIAL—NOV. 1868.
' . tz ai - m P
_ Tibia speech at the'NeW England.: o. p r,
. . . , d .1 *-4 P
glinner in New.. York, : On . Tuesday • - 5 iy ij
night,Vice-President elect,Colfai. re- -• COUNTIES. id
..:::, j , w
ferred. to the gr6w - th Of ,thp United .ly
? •
States as the result of Vie grandeur
,
of American citizenship.. . It's the -
"Adams, - 3174 2832 3170 2917
shield of American citizenship Which' Allegheny 14923 23880 14671 25487
Armston 3459 3987 3412 4082
shall make us . proud . and Potential, Beaver r . g 2675 3540 2624 3648
and •lift up our country to a pzouder Bedford 3019 2625 2898 2687
position among . nations.: : It ,is that tarikrs 1 3924 7413 13973 7917
3183 3841 3066 3986
Which is to' teach those who are cloth- Bradford... .... -.
. . 3863 7642 3538 7768
- -
.ed with the solemn trust of represent Bucks 7838 6981 7613 7085
Butler 3292 3723 3256 3803
ing this great realmn of freedom who Cambria 3587 2849 3558 2935
.
rule here, not by Divine right, but by. Camer0n......... 441 537 394 508
ftee institutions, that when they stand Carbon.. 2772 2129 2745 .2186
Centre376s 3388 3646 3429
speaking for us at the bar of any civil- Chester ' 6658 8850 6490 9178
ized nation in the world they shall not Clarion 2956 1908 2928 1998
3037 1895 '3096 1974
on the one hand disgrace.us by boast-. Clinton
gcrialumobia .2765 ' 1992 2584 2056
ful gasconade, or, on- the other, dis- - 4058 2077 4022 2143
honor us by b6wing the knee; then' Cumberland.... 5390
'AN 5455
XI
•
when with that self-reliance, that Dauphin 4538 6190 4397 6507
De1aware......... ......
1 27 0 2 4 4 4016
1 22 1 1 9 6 4166
calm, that dignified American nation
ality, we command the respect to Erie 4531 7702 4555 8(1( 6 4
I:y e e s t t te 4773 3745 4608 3792
which our great resources and our
348 352 294 355
unequalled trials, which we have sur- Franklin 4278 4321 4171 4451
vived so gloriously and auspiciously, Fultcn 1113 782 11f7 802
Greene 3374 1722 3301 1809
entitle us, then we need not go, into Huntingdon.... 2498 3473 2179 3417
the markets of the world to offer gold Indiana 2301 4842 2223 4809
Jefferson
iata 2094 2076 2068 2147
Jun
and silver to induce those islands of 1863 1467 1753 1473
the seas and adjacent State -
Provin- Lancaster 8570 15313 8513 16792
Lawrence ano
cos to cast in their lot with us, and t 01716 3691 1647 3798
2858 4267 2858 4345
share' with our future. I feel asham- Lehigh 6305 4733 6321 5004
ed, as an American, when I hear, of Luzerni.
Mercer 13420 9992 14303 10236
Lycoming 5031 4680 4339 4713
proffers to buy soil and sovereignty, • Mlle= 809 987 730 1728
men, women and children with 'gold 4177 4793 4078 4079
Mifflin.. 1828 1858 1807 1984
and silver from our national treasury, - M onroe ' 2789 735 2915 802
to share with us in the magnificent. Montgomery.— 8905 7948 8803 8083
future. As you would spurn a bride Montour 1683 1194 1697 1269
Northampton... 7701 4452 1762 4791
that is bought with gold, as any fair Northumb'd ... 4146 3694 4240 3825
woman would spurn a husband wh02526 2570 2446 2664
Philadelphia.... 60808
1269 60633 33 5 1 9 301 1 3 4 61315 70
ry
had been lured to her side by her Pike
wealth instead of her heart, so we, as Potter.. 811 1604 693 1703
g
Snyder..
ikm • 9538 8192 9428 8707
y
Americans, should elevate our nation, 1343 1865 1318 1925
ality to win those who are near to us Somerset... 1829 3195 1778 3261
in territorial congeniality to cast their Sullivan 846 461 851 473 Suequehanna... 3377 4682 3392 4882
lot with us, when voluntarily and in a Tiogo - - 2051 5410 1951 5549
ljnion
body they ask to share . with us in our 1340 2054 1277 2081
destinies and our magnificent. Yf e future, e a rrgo. 1 3761 .4431 3774 4759
n:..... 1882 2990 1767 3020
we should welcome them into the fold Washington..:. 4943 4946 4867 5051
Wayne •3397 2698 3509 2909
of American citizenship. Westmoreland. 6569 5335 6360 5235
Wyoming, 1765 1549 ' 1766 1620
HOME TRUTHS. York 9006 6054 9094 6449
Totals 321739 331416 317223 342646
231739 317223
Majorities 9677 , 25423
A judicious wife is always clipping
off from her husband's moral nature
little twig. 4 that are growing in wrong
directions. She keeps him shaped
by continual pruning. if you declare
, that you will do some absurd thing,
she will find means of preventing your
doing_it. And by far the chief part
of all the common sense there, is in
this world belongs unquestionably to
women. The wisest things a man
commonly does, are those which his
wife counsels him •to do. A wife
is the grand wielder of the moral
pruning knife. If Johnson's wife had
lived, there would have been no hoard
ing up of orange peel, no touching all
the posts in walking along the street,
no eating and drinking with a dis
gusting voracity. If Oliver Gold
smith had been married he would
never have worn that memorable and
ridiculous coat. Whenever you find
a man whom you know little about,"
oddly dressed, talking absurdly, or
exhibiting any eccentricity of manner,
you may be sure that he is not a mar
ried man; for the corners are rounded
off—the little shoots are pruned away,
in • married men. Wives generally
have much more, sense than their
husbands, especialy when their hus
bands are clever men. The wife's
advice like the ballast that keeps is
the ship steady.
'CENTRE COUNTY OFF 014L-!!:-OCTOBER, 1868.
Judiciary Congress Assembly Dis Att'y commis'r Auditor Surveyor.
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6 Es t' —6 0- "g
44 - 6
•
•
236 284 238 282 229 288 219 296 225 291 225 293 229 289
48 82 49 80 48 81 48 81 48 81 48 81 48 80
23 38 23 39 23 39 23 39 27 35 23 39 23 39
34 53 34 53 32 -55 -34 '53 34 53 34 53 42 45
136 146 138 144 136 145 134 145 134 147 13S 144 13S 144
121 326 125 321 120 326 120 325 122 325 122 325 122 321
177 106 176:106 178 104 176 105 17b 106 176 105 176 105
37 51 40 50 .38 -.52 -38-- 52 38 52 -3S 52 33 52
44 40 45 39 42 42 44 40 44 40 44 4C 44 40
223 185 223 185 '206 200 222 187 223 ]S2 222 187 222 187
292 68 293 67 291 69 292 68 292 68 292 68 292 e s
206 104 206 103 205 104 209 101 207 102 204 103 208 102
41 94 .45 91 43 93 39 95 43 91 42 92 42 92
177 -240 176 240 176 242 177 240 178 235 177 239 177 238
65 142 69 138 65 141 66 141 66 14] 66 141 67 140
45 123 45 123 45 123 '45 123 45 122 45 123 45 122
84 141 75 151 76 150 _,76 150 76 150 - 76 149 78 146
,91 53 91 54 92 53 '92 53 92 53 92 '53 92 53
223 60 235 56 .231 58 234 '5B 235 58 235 58 234 58
61 .71 61 71 62 70 61 71 61 71 61
..71 61 71
265. 29 266 ' , 29 254 29 264 29 265 29 265 29 265 29
362 139 366 133 359 140 361 139 361 139 361 134 362 137
164 142 167 143 .167 143 167'143 166 144 167 143 167 143
132 97 133 , 96 125 104 131 .98 133 96 133 96 133 96
130 .189 130 189 130 188 130 189 131 188 131 188 131 167
'35 61 37 59 36 60 37 -59 36 60 36 60 33 63
56 112 58 - 110 57 111 58 110 61 107 58 110 58 109
197 140 198 140 19F 142 196 141 196 142 196 142 196 142
I 67 64 68 64 67 1 65 66 66 67 64 67 165 67 65
3772 3380 3810 3356 3129:3417 3759 3397 37813372 3774 3383 37893361
I
392 454 . 312; . 362 409....... 391 425 ......
AND
October Noven*
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0 p o p
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48 81 44 'Bl 4i
23 39 22 42 ...: .. 3 1!
••• 34 53 26 49.. 8' 4
138 144 126 155 1 . 1 . 12
..• 122 322 119 320 6
••• 173 108 167 108 3- 2
..• 36 54 31 59 5 • 5
••• 44 40 -37 43 .3 7
. 221 187 205 193 6 16
292 68 294 69 2 1 .•
... 205 105 204 107 . 6 1
... 41 94 35 93 - 2 1
... 119 239 179 242 3 I
... 65 141 58 133 .! 71 8
... 45 123 35 132 i 9 10:
... 75 149 66 143 : 9 6
... 91 53 89 '55 . 2 '2 !
... 235 58 -245 •55 10i 3
61 71 59 71 2
265 : 30 266 30 1 1 ......
360 138 365 145 51 7
.... 166 143 157 133 9i .. .
10
i 129 .96 116 105 ...... 10 13
.131 188 126,189 1 :
... 36 59 371' . 59 . 1! .‘
58 110 • 60j 104 - 2i 6
... 196 .142 1871 151 -. 9 • 9 !
,67 65 69; 67 _ 2 7
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... 3765 3388 366513433 • 32i .83 132 40
... .377 .2321 43 lOO
A TOuan STORY. —An old fellow
who never yielded the palm to any
one in reeling a knotty yarn, was put
to his trumps at hearing a traveller
state that he saw a brick house placed
upon runners and drawn up a hill to
a more favorable location, some half
a mile distant.
"What do you think of . that, Un
cle Eithel.?" said a bystander.
"Oh, fudge," said the old man," I
once saw a two-story stone house,
down east, drawn by oxen for the dis--%
tance of three miles."
A dead silence. ensued. The old
man evidently had the worse end of
it, and he saw it. Gathering his en
ergies he bit off a huge bit of pig-tail,
by way of gaining time for thought:
"They drawed the stone hause,"said
he, ejecting a quantity of tebacco
juice towards the fire place " but
that wasn't the worsts of the job—af
ter they'd done that, they went back
and drawed the cellar."
The stranger give in.
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