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THE SOLDIERS SOSO*
PUO3I TUB LADY OP THE LAKE.
flic hearth this ni£ht must bo my bod, •.
Tins Jirackun phrtain'for.my luiad,
jlvlutliiby-tliu wildor’s tread,
Far, iur. iroig love und tboc, Mury.
/i-mor.row eye, jnoro stilly laid,'•
jlv eodeli may bo ray bloody plaid,
Mv Vesper son", tby wail, swcot maid",
It will not wakou mo, Mary.
• I may'not, dare not,, fancy now
' The uriof that clouds tby lovely brow j
I dare not think upon thy vow,
. Aud. all ilpromised me, Mary.'
Kofond rogrofcs must Norman know,
When, burst olau-alpihe on tbe foe j
t lli3heart must bo like bended bow,
■ His.loot like arrow freG, Mary. ./
A llmo will oomo with,feeling fraught, *
i*ur, if I fall in, battle fought,
Tby hapless lover’s dying thought .
Will bo a thought on tboo Mary I
And if returned from conquered foes,
Uovr blithely will the evening close.
How sweet the linnet song repose • ■
To my young brido and iuo, Mary.
ffiimildnwm
DOW'A BRAVE MiS SAVED A CITY,
The following incident, which is related by
an eye wbness of. the scenes described,
most happily. illustrated the power! pos-
Etised by a single individual of a de
tained will, in whohi are combined cool
«s, Judgment and fearlessness of danger,
wit no unorganized mob of savages, thirst
' injßf blood, and in their blind fury rock
k'm <v - r)s( ' c ( u£!ilca 'i- The l£tli„of. August,
1812, was. a day that will be long remember
ed by the people of Detroit, for ; it was on 1 that
day timt the old and irabicile Hull in the ca
•fucity of Governor of the Michigan Territory,
fliamoCully surrendered his important post,
(lien garrisoned by two thousand brave and
efficient troops to the British and Indians.
As soon ns the articles of capitulation were
signed, the enemy crossed the river from Mil
don and took possession of the place followed
by a rabble of vile camp of followers and all
the savages that for some weeks had been at-,
(ached to the English camp. Of course the
‘citizens were thrown into the .utmost dismay
tit the s.ight of the painted Indians swarming
their streets and the knowledge they might
taany hour, when maddenedby whisky and
tdlcfluruged by their'no less savage allies
Among the whites, make and indiscriminate,
plunder of the town. But the influence (of
tlie British General for some days was suffici
ent to keep them from acts of open violence
end by degress the town people became ac
customed to their presence, and strove by all
moans in their power toingratiate themselves
into the good graces of their captors. ■.
When the news of the surrender.reached
(be tribes of the south-west they gathered
Svnu Ihr and near and poured down upon the
/wnfier to share,, in the plunder, which, in
consideration of their being allies of the
British-, they deemed themselves justly enti
tled to. Detroit was filled and surrounded
with savages, and- the. town boeaine a scene
id drunken orgies and, terror, which the En
glish wore altogether unable to control.
Scarcely a day pas.-ed without an act pt vio
lence upon the unprotected citizens, and the
nights were rendered sleepless by the fierce
yells and whoops of these,drunken friends.
One day during tlie fearful period,'a small
party of Indians, restless lor want of plunder
an I sculps, wont to a store kept by a French
men nlimed De Quindor, and. too of them
entered with the pretense that they wished
to purchase something, while their comrades
remained without. There were lying on the,
Pounter two pieces of cloth. The Indians
seeing them "each snatched a roll and turned
to leave the place. De Quinder called to
tliom to stop as they had notpaid for tho.goodg,
but the savages were passing out of the door,
to rejoin their laughing companions with the
cloth under, their arms, when the Frenchman,
eupmg over the counter, jerked tho goods
tront them, and being a, powerful man,
pitched the two Indians into tho street.
Instantly the war whoop was raised by the
party which was replied to form all parts of
«o town and tho savages, drawing' their
knives, made a rush at the impudent - store
keeper. But the latter immediately peoeiv
lng the terrible storm he had incautiously in-
J’oked, sprung back again to his store, and
oekmg the door, ran into tho upper room
rom which by a window made his escape
ml through a black alloy out upon the.oom
on and on tq tho fort, where ho bogged tho
nn!i 1 coa l n tanding officer to protect himself
P™l )cr ty from destruction. "But the offi
nnw°»°r ? ' vou ld do nothing, although he
Sen fho lndians would probably massa-
Uo on , t * re population if they onoo got
ii ji’t um ' ei- such a state of excitement,
from i,! U . not . m y property alone that is in dan
ttan '■■ofonco,” persisted the Fronoh
lmmi« J Vi 116 ont * re population is in the
ort vmn. tllo , Bava gta and unless you will ex
ttillfln au . tl , lorit y to quiet thorn our streets
.'nil How with blood.”
6 " i y /“T you ’ B!r ”°o6ily replied,
bio f„. . n ‘ kuf the truth is my tioops are
“till T nui »bor to control-the warriors,
nothing for you.”'
«nd mi„ , °m therefore abruptly left the fort,
t>nd thl ~t fi'.'ortei'B of -Colonel MblCeo,
Was not nom?i ritlsll a S e ht.‘ whom h$ knew
always 'V an l on K the savages, But had
onco, Ded.pver thorn, unbounded-influx
Wliurii,,,. y * io that Ihdians "wfete
“fined win, Ulnt “°da from every dirodtion,-
t l( lred fo r „ , „ <5l l ulj3 mid tomahawks, pre
! while (i-,. nlasdnoro «f the inhabi
“|R with n : B J, o,r 101-00 war-cries were ring
!“°,h of at least ’ tonoB . u P°n the air. A
hud ussoml in? 8 -* nd p of tho I )ailltcJ do
lt3^om»lod m front of hi B house,
and demolished his doors and windows, while
his goods Were being thrown out to the crowd
waiting impatiently for the owner to ibo
dragged forth and delivered to their murder
ous knives.
This eight gave flectneas to his feet, pnd
rushing into the colonel’s quarters he found
that officer, to -whom ho briefly, und as dis
tinctly as his excitement would permit re
lated what had occurred-, and begged him to
interfere if possible, and prevent the threat
ened 'massacre!
Mcli.ee Well Versed in the Indian character
Instantly perceived the imminent-danger that
menaced the place', and requested De Quin
dor to remain vyhere he was, let the Indians,
so greatly exasperated against him might
kill him, hastened to the scone of excite
ment.
He was a tall, straight, . athletic, ndhlo
lookiog man. with a voice like thunder,' and
from his long intercourse with.the Indians of
the frontier, had acquired an intimate knowl
edge of their language. Pushing his way
through the.savages now excited to madness
at not finding the Frenchman, ho moupted to
the top of a. low building, waved his sword,,
and in a loud tone shouted :
“ Ho I who are tho cowards in this crowd ?”
The sound of this well known voice arrested
the attention of the yelling rabble, and after,
a brief silence, one of the Indians replied :
“ There are no cowards.-herb 1 We ate all
braves!’'
11 It is a lie" returned the colonel stamping
his foot with pretended rage. “ I toll you
warriors, there are cowards .craven cowards
among you !’’ ■
This insulting accusation was received with
astonishment by the Indians, at first and
then they turned towards the hold man who
had dared to utter it; with eyes burning with
passion, and a. yell of defiance broke from
them. But without moving a muscle the oo
rageous agent met their fiery glances unquail
ied. He had changed the tide of feeling, and
thus far he had giiaed a very important
point.
“1 repeat it,” continued the colonel,
straightening his . tall, commanding figure to
its. utmost stretch ; “ there are cowards;
sneaking wolves, in this crowd, that I am
ashamed to see among my brave Indians !
Now, let my brave warriors separate them
selves from them, and stand on this sido of the
path, while the cowards remain about tho
Frenchman's door—they are perfectly wel
come to plunder, his Worthless goods 1”
The powerful voice of the white man now,
struck’upnn tho ears of the savages with an
electric effect, and once more a revulsion of
' feeling took place among them. Tho tempest
of angry passion was instantly, subdued, and
and the loud yells to low murmurs, while the
entire mass, as if impelled by one common
sentiment, moved together to the other side
of the street, and,raising their faees to where
the brave officer was standing, seemed to
await his further orders. > , .
“ That :is well, my friends,” cried be.
“ Now let every bracemah follow mo. The
cowards may remain behind and secure their
plunder;” ,
So saying, the colonel descended from his
elevated position, and led them to the com
mon .beyond the town, whore, mounting a
stu mp,ijj&d^tainod them with agood-riathred,
he sent on to the Commissa
ry’s.Sldfl'ifer a barrel of whisky. When it
arrived die invited the Indians to drink. The
barrel was soon emptied and another was
sent for, till under tho mellowing influence of
the strong water the fiery warriors forgot
their late excitement and by the prompt and*
determined action - of this brave white man;
Wore restrained from, further violence.
Throughout tho night, however there wore
frequently heard, amid the drunken sounds,
the threatening words of “ fire, blood, scalps
and plunder.”
But Col. McKee had .provided against fur
ther trouble from the discontented spirits
among the Indians, by selecting the sober war
riors and despatching two to.eaoh of the dwel
lings of the citizens who had, boon most
strongly threatened. These fellows, wrap
ping themselves in their blankets, stretched
themselves on the front door-stops as a guard
to protect the inmates from any sudden out
break of savage fury.
Thus, tho energetic conduct of this brave
officer on that critical occasion saved the city
of Detroit from the torch of the savage, amt
its people from indiscriminate slaughter. In
a groat crisis one brave, clear-headed man is
worth many timid statesuuuujr cowardly rhe
toricians.
O' Artemus Ward being at a celebration,
and exhibition was called upon fora speech,
when he replied in * a toast to the pliair sox
Ladies, sos I, iurqin to the beautiful femails
whose presents was perphumin in the faro
grown, I hope you’re onjbyin vpuraelves on
;his ocoaahun, and. that lommnid and ise wet
ter ov which you air drihkiu may not go
agin you._ May you allots bo.ap fair as the
eon, as bright as tho moon, and as butiful as
army with Union flags—also plenty of good
close to ware. "
Tu yure sox-aqommonly. bawled the pbair
sex—r«-o are indebted for our bomin, as well
as many uther blessins ip these lo growns of
sorro. Sum poor spbrrotod fools blaim yure
sex for the diffikulty in the garden ; but I
know men are a desotful set, and when the
appels had bokum plum; ripe I have no dowt
bat Adam would have rigged: a cyder press,
and like as not went onto a big bust and
boon ort anawa, Yure lst murthor -was a la
dy and all her dawteers is ditto, and non but
a lefin kuss will say a. word agin yu. Ilopin
.that no naive of-tcubhlo may ever akross
youre peaceful byqsts, I konkfudo these re
marks withe tho following sontyment r
Woman—She is a good egg.
Surgeon— r What’s tho matter with you?'
Would be Hxempi^rW oak back, sir—very
weak back. ■ ■
S.—Weak kneet, you moan ?.
W. —Yes, sir, weak knees—-very weak
knees, can’t marqh,
S.—Yes, I’ll give, you a certificate—-writes;'
“ Upon honor I hereby certify that the bear
er, — ; , is weak in the knees, a groat oqw
nrd who shrinks from defending his country.
Hope he will be put in the front ranks where
he oanLrun away. :—, Surgeon,” & 0 ,
W,—(Handing the surgeon a quarter,)
thank you, sir. I know I was entitled to a
certificate. This rebellion so' wicked and
monstrous must bo put ,down.. It has done
my heart good, to see'the energy of the Presi
dent in ordering a draft.
[lib rends the certificate and' falnts.l—'
Hartford Dimes. .
B®»Sam Foster don’t often road the pa
pers, but when he does, he genorolly finds
something which tickles him prodigiously.—
Tho other day he came across this : ■ !
•Fam-getting fat, ns the loafer said when
he wris stealing lard 1’
Soon after, ho met a friend, who remarked
on his stoutness.'
‘ Yes 1' says Snm.‘ ‘ Yes 1 I’m growing big,
ns tho loafer said, when ho was staling lard 1’
• Ilia friend didn’t see tho ‘ point.’•
A PERILOUS BIDE..
Tlip noble boast that forma tbp subj.eot of
my story had been a .bay of the richest and
mist glossy color, with n lone spot of white
hair on the forehead, His tail had been al
lowed to flow, unourtiiiled by the mutilating
knife, naturally and gracefully ns those of the
Wild mustangs of the prairie. • The ample
chest, small ankle, and proud neck, and the
widc-apart, pronjihoritoyes, and open nostrils
denoted geptle blood, but, at the time I saw
“him, phlago had whitened his beautiful bay
coat, long tufts of hair were growing behind 1
each foot, his eyes were rheumy, and' the few
long teeth ho possessed, were loose. ,1 had
noticed the care and attention bestowed on
him by every member of that family. Not a
day passed that his nock and face were not |
caressed by soft feminine bands, and if I had
been surprised at that, how inuoh more so
wadi when Mrs.TVlornson, who, like myself,
was staying there through the summer,
would frequently throw both arms around
hjs neck, and while bis soft nose, rested
against her shoulder, would call him pot
names, and not unfrequcivly her beautiful
eyes would fill with tears while thus employ
ed. “ Don John" received all these caresses
as if had been accustomed to them, frequently
following one and another of the inmates like
a. Inigo house-dog. "
.My curiosity at length became so,groat
that I resolved to become acquainted with the
reason why he was thus honored with the
respect nnd attachment ot the household.
Not many days elapsed before I became ac
quainted with the reasons, and I assure yon,
gentle reader, I considered them sufficient to
excuse any amount of affection which it
might please the superior brute to bestow'
on his fellow, the dumb one. lie had be
longed to Dr. Mosely, of Wbitosboro.fqr many
yearn a practising physician in time place,
The Doctor had boon called to Utica on bu
siness connected with his profession, and had
been absent throe days. During that,time
one of those drenching, warm, breaking up
rains had set in. Mountains of iee were
rushing down the Mohawk, .sweeping every
thing before them. Overflowing the bank,
carrying, away bridges and dwellings, and
alarming many of tbo. inhabitants, as well it
might—for one must see a freshet to under
stand its terrible importance. ’One must
hoar, the crash and roar, behold the mad wa
ters rushing headlongand wild, eager for de
struction ; behold the floating wrecks of
many a dwelling, often hearing a “ thing of
life/’ nujd s.onjetinics a human life, as was
witnessed nqt long since on Die Schuyl
kill.
The night was inky black, and Don John
■picked out the way faithfully and .steadily,
never stumbling, hut with the bridle hang-,
iug slack across his neck, and his nose close'
to "the earth, his master, had little fear for the
consequences. They wore approaching Orisk
nny, where a bridge spanned the Mohawk,
and Don John: whiped pjtifiiUy twice?
till a sliarp word from his master warned him
not to show the white feather. On the other
side he could just distinguish, through the
dense , .darkness, moving- and glimmering
lights, and once be fancied he hoard
a shout; but he dittlo heeded aught
save getting housed as soon as possible, and'
sleeping off the fatigues oonsoqsent to his
profession. "
“ Now stop, Don, step sure ; old Oriskany
bridge to my own hand and your knowledge,
has lost many a plank,” said,the Doctor,-pat
ting -his breast’s peek, and pushing the wet
tangled front-look from bis eyes.
They were now amending the little crniner.-
co leading to the entranco ( when the horse
stopped. “Go cm. sir 1” said the Doctor,
“you are nearly homo I” Still no attempt a,t
going on, and beneath them the angry wa
ters roared and hollowed like maddened dev
ils baulked.'of their prey. “ Doyou hear mo,
sir ,1" with a smart buffet on the nook, and a
gathering up of the loosened bridle into the
firm determined hand: and the animal started
—slowly, steadily,, surely, firmly—though
the broad back slightly shivered from time to
time, and the gait was so measured and. me
thodical* that' at any other time he would
have observed it. As it was he only let him
have his Own way, though lie might have
smoothed- his- neck, for he had akindly heart,
and his poor- beast had. labored hard; through
dreadful weather, and was sadly in need of
fo.od and shelter.
Towards the end of the bridge the steps be
came slower, and once stumbled in the hind
foot. ilj. quick grasp at tho bridle , and a
cheery “ Naay John—easy,, sir!” and again
the- cautious hoofs, resounded on tho hard:
road. They wore across, for tho animal
neighed, and tossed his head till tho Doctor
shook in his saddle, “ One mile to go, poor
follow, but first I and you want soma refresh
ments." So riding up to the small tavorn
fkmr, where a genial light was shining from
the windows, ho called loudly for the land
lord. A dozen or more of the inmates came
rushing to tho door with lanterns which they
carried aloft, and a “ Good God, Doctor,
where' did you come from 1” .broke from.-
their lips almost simultaneously.
■ “Come from ? Why, (Voni over tho Mo
hawk 1 What is tho matter ? lias tho freshet
carried awa| any of your senses ? Here hoy,”
ns dismounting,, he threw therein to a gaping
follow,.“ give John something nice, and dry
him off. Keep him well wrapped up while
he eats, and, landlord I want a tumbler of
red-hot Jamaica, quiok 1”
“ Doctor," said tho group “have, you
crossed tho Mohawk to-night? and' if so
how ?”
“Why, on tho bridge'; arc you'all drunk ?”
said,the exasperated physician.-
“ Doctor" said the old gray-honddd land
lord, “ that/ bridge wont down the Mohawk,
tills afterpo.on 1 Come with mo ! and: X- will
show you. I: If yog. pressed,-God only knows
how you did it.. '
A-shivoc wontto-tlie-Dootor’s heart —lantern
in- hand, he followed, the footsteps of tho men
to the margin of tho swollen and turbid' riv
en- Where was the bridge ?
“ Almighty God 1” said the horror-struck
Doctor ; “ where is my gratitude ? my noble
beast, came over hero this night, backed by
me; on-tbis solitary string piece : as ho falt
ered 1” and the Doctor sunk upon his knees
in tlio soft,, wot snow,-and; wept like tv child
—the men moved' his- prdSohoe respectfully,
and loft him to himself.
When, after some little time, he made hie
appearance, his eyes' wore greeted by the
sight of his horse, surrounded by the entire
household, each contributing, toirchdbr him
some assistance. • A' quart of warm ale was
given by one, another rubbed'his hook and
cheat with spirits, a third dried' his glossy
hide with warm flannel , and others patted
his nook or caressed his nose and. face..
The Doctor came and-took the- head- of. his j DC/ - A man who cheats in short moasure is
boast against his breast,'and groat, warm a measureless’ rogue. If in whisky no is a
tears rushed up from his heart, as the. long, rogue in, spirit. If ho gives a baa title to
graceful tongue lapped'his master’s face. “O, land, then ho is a roguo indeed. ,It he giyps
John, my boy, and I gave you a blow 1” and short measure in wheat, then ho is a rogue pi
the words ended in a low, wailing groan, grain. And if he cheats when ho can, he is
Mou uncovered their heads, and turned tlieir indeed, in spirit, in gram a measureless
faces from him, and at length led him inside,' rogue.
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1862.
where he spent the. nigh'k : : \ilj_Ctoormng re
vealed to him the dreadful dangeif ho had es
caped, from the sagacity:6f lii4;heaßt, ond
again did ho grieve for the blowthe had dealt
him, when, so nobly, he was putting forth
more than human power.
Don John never did a; day's work after
that. Sometimes his master redo him forth
on a pleasure tour, or drove him, before n
light vehicle, h few miles, with some member
of his family, but his professional-labors were
over. Nothing could exceed the care and at
tention that wore ever given lifter. lie fed
from a manger made of mahogany ; his
room was more like a parlor 'than a stable.;
and company to the Doctor’s always paid a
visit to Don John before they left. ■
Thus lived they many years; the Doetof
and his horse old together. Don
John survived his master some .years; and
when the good man’s will vyns pjiened, thjjro
was found a «Jauae appended,"which’ related
to Don John, to this effect: that.be should be
given to hisyoungest daughter. Sirs. Morrison,
while she he cared forks’he had 'al
ways,done ; and that lie ' should,-"’at bis dentil,
be buried with his i ’shoeB ; on, wrapped- in' his
own rich blanket and inclosed in a befitting
box, in the corner 6f his own burying ground.
ll|s wishes Were religiously respected, and
two .years'after T his. history, Don
John's bonoa wore buried in a corner of the
Old buryiiig grQiind.at Whitesboro. ' '
.GoNSTEßtf.vnos. k a Cnunqii.—The Bos
ton. Hemtil 'gi'ie publicity to the following in
cident, which it locates in n city ‘ within for
ty. miles of the hub of the' universe.’ The
name of the town commenced with cither ‘ S
; or X,’ the Herald' don't say which:
K railroad man of that quietly jolly style
which takes with everybody .who likes it good
joke, but wouldn’t knowingly do a wrong
criminal thing for the world, Is frequently
culled to this town and its vicinity by busi
ness. One Sunday, recently lie rode to ah
adjoining town, and called on an nequaintanee
who bad some very nice bottled cider, which
the presumption is, lie,triedi Vv hen our rail
road friend came away, be was entrusted with
a bottle of thiaoider, to be delivered to an
. other railroad man in Bustoh. 3’Jio bottle was
not very bulby ; . our. fidohd bad capflbipud
pockets in bis coat, and so hi) slipped the
original package into one of them. Oil arri
ving at the town of. the dqubtlul name, but
which positively does begin with either S or
X, he saw the door of a . snug little church
wide open ; and being a regiilar.church goer
he went in. He had’ a, seat InGa prominent
pew, with three.young ladies in-front, q dea
con near by, and the elite of the, qongrogatibn
near him. The werd-eommonced,
and our friend wns sooti finddr {hat influence
which is always jiroduoed by the inspiring
music, the solemn''invocation;, add the sympa
thetic dovotedness of au orlhudbx congrega
tion'in a country village.
The pastor had commenced the
audience ;wtvs uijusuaU}:,
and our, friend was just* wbntjofhjg what ill
ustration the pastor, would use for a' knotty
theological point relating to the punishment
of sinners which lie was just developing, when
‘ Whack ! Pop 1 Spud 1 Wllist 1 Pizz-z-z-z It
outcome the cork from the-bottled cider,
which odr friend bad forgotten all about, just
grazed a lady’s full-erownoo bonnet, going
half way up to the'ceiling, and doming down
with another pop into the aisle. Forth from
the mouth of the bottle issued, a yellowish
white stream like that from au inch nozzle at
a fire-engine trial, only boiling, foaming,
seething and spluttering in on incomparable
manner, O.ur friend’s blftthcs wore satura
ted, and the apparel’of .' the young ladies in ’
front and of various members of the elite all
around did not escape. ; Our readers’ can ,
j udgo of .the sensation produced in’tlio church. ]
IC7” To help those uneasy men and women
Who wish to escape the noose of matrimony,
we copy the following from an English record
of many years hack :
“ A certain lewd fellow of the baser sort
came front a long way off out of the shires,
and married a woman who had-been whipped
round our town more than once. The parish
officers were her bridesmaids, and her hus
band was not afraid of receiving curtain-lec
tures, for their, sole bed was of dirty straw on
the dirty ground ; nevertheless he wearied
soon of his life, and wentto the parish clerk,
seeking to be rid of his crooked rib. , Solo
mon was sly, and replying to his inquiry if
the parson could unmarry them, said: ‘Why
need ye trouble his reverence? ; Have not I,
man and boy, been his clerk forty years come
aJI-hallow-tide ? I can do it ns well as e’er
a parson ot them all, and ns sure ns there is
now a good tap of ale at the “Boll.” Lot us
go there—you stand two pots, and I will do
all right fur you.* So, after drinking out his
fee, Solomon took,the fellowinto the church
by the priest’s door. ‘Now,’ said he, ‘yo‘ were
married here ; so put off your jacket, and
kneel atconfoasidn, ffir’tis a solemn business.’
Then, they went into the belfry, and, bidding
him'take off his shoes,.and stand on a stool,
ho gave him, the longest rope, ‘Tie that
tightly, my lad, round your throat/said Sol
omon, ‘and as soon ns I am gone, kick away
the stool. I will return, in about, an hour,
when you will be unmarried 1 , and out of all
your troubles!’”
A Coroner’s Verdict.— ln Minnesota-an
Irishman by the nome'of O’Conner was killed
by one of the same persuasion, named Coch
ran, and on his body sata jury of twelve men,
half of whom worp lrisb, who rendered' the
followin'; verdict, which as a specimen of ohi
rqgraphy, orthography,, etymology, syntax,
and prosody, never has been been beaten even
in Minnesota. ' Here it is all but the spelling,,
which wo .have no typo to print.
‘That Martin o’Connet, lltjrd'lying , dead,
came to his dpathby a shot from a gun, which
caused the blood to rush in torrents Irony his
body, so that it was impossilo for him 'to, live
until 1 we could hold on inquest.’
Father and Son;— ‘ As the old. cook orows
the young ones learn.’ A good ptory is told
of a certain man and his wife who-wero al
most constantly quarreling. During their
quarrels their only child (a boy) was. gener
ally present; and, of course heard'many of
his father’s expressions. One day when the
boy had been doing something wrong,- the
mother intending to chastise him called him
and said j
‘ Como here sir; what did.you do that for ?’
The boy, complacently folding his arms
and imitating his father’s manner, said :
1 Sec hero, madam, I don’t wish to have any
words with you.’
Speech of Hon. Wm. H. Witte.
Delivered before a. meeting of, 10,000 Demo
crate and : Union men, in Independence
Square, Diiil., Aug. 23, 1802. •' ; : :
Mr. President end Gentlemen:—No man
who is a Democrat, and'who loves his party,
who knows its history, and gho knows and
feels how completely the history pf o.hr party
is interwoven with our Government ini all its
achievements, and its developement and'who
has suffered some during thd. last eighteen
months—a suffering ond sacrifice'which only
a rigid adherence to principle could sustain
—that does not find in this outpacing enough,
not alone to compensate Jfor what ho may
have'offered; and makes his heart glad, hut to
give him hope—bright, bright hopefor a glo
rious future tliat is dawning. (Great app
lause.)
Notwithstanding, Mr. President, that the
.Democratic party of this Commonwealth, and
of thi B Northern country, has toon assailed
during, at least a period of a year, its fealty
to the Eedoral Government impeached, its his
tory vilified and misstated, its purpose mis
represented ms intended to he prostituted to
the base designs of breaking down our Gov
ernment and destroying our
standing what has been done even hero upon
this very soil—the pirthplnce not alone of hu
man liberty in an organized form, but of its
foundation —free speech and" a free, press—
(applause) ; notwithstanding that hero with'-,
in the sound of my voice, njmn this sp'cred
soil, menaces bays come up to the Democracy
mid to tho patriots of this Commonwealth ;
throats have been made that we dare not meet
hero to-night—we have assembled as free
men, (Groans for the Abolitionists, and a
voice, “Give it to them strong,' Bri.tY.”)
I repeati’ I ,Mr. President , and.; Gentlemen,
that exercising this privilege; an old time
privilege, and until a very recent period nev
er doubted and-never denied, we are here, in
the sight of God’s Heaven to speak our opin
ion boldly. (Prolonged applause.) In order
to speak our opinions boldly as to what we
conceive to be our duty now in this, the hour,
of our country’s peril, we must speak, first,
of the history of our party and its achieve
ments, and then,, as to the duty which de
volves nnon the Democratic party at this pe
riod When we speak of the history of our
party, wo speak of hut tho history of rights,
and privileges which form the foundation of
our free Government (applause), and when
we speak of tho achievements of our party,
wo are speaking of only the history of, our
country.'and our Government, and only- of i
those things which have made our Govern-1
ment groat, and glorious,-and powerful in all
that she is great, and glorious, and powerful.
(Applause.) We have ever, thank God, from
our-foundation, been the party of the law and
,pf the Copslitutijm.,, .(Cries of that’s so, and
applause.) We have evOr boon a.ho parly to
defend an individual when assailedin. the ex
ercise of'the- least of his constitutional rights;
we havo over been the party to defend a class
when assailed in the exercise of the least of
! thofr constitutional rights; we have over-been
the party to defend a State when assailod iti
the exercise of her constitutional rigjits,; and,
notwithstanding the slanders that are put up
on us, we have over been, and will now be
the party, and tho only party fj tp’ dcfend the
power made up of tho Union of all the States,
in the exercise of its constitutional rights—
(Deafening and prolonged applause.)
The forbearance, Mr, President, which we
have exercised, it is fitting I should say a
woi'd about. We have exercised a forbear
ance which, perhaps, for the first time in the
history of our party in this country, has
shown how much we love, and how strongly
we are attached to the Constitution with its
powers and its guaranties. (Aeplauso.) I
have no desire, gentlemen, to discuss ques
tions with which, you are well acquainted,
and even leading questions are at this mo
ment involved in the terrible struggle going
on
But what I want distinctly to .do is this,
and you will find that our resolutions dis
tinctly declare the position the Democratic
party holds in this Commonwealth, and, as
we holiove, in all the States of the North ; I
desire to say that we will not allow the foul
slanderers to say to us that wo'are locking or
failing in our fealty to the'Federal Govern
ment ; that wo are not loyal to the Federal
power; and that we are not waiting to put
down Southern treason at the point of the
bayonet. No party but,an Abolition party,
with its superlative, its sublimated insolence
(applause and laughter), could charge us with
sueh a foul thing as that.
. Wo hove ever been the party of law and le
gally constituted authority. The country
has never wanted a defender that it did not
id !*■ "
find it in the Democratic party. (Applause.)
Wo are, moreover, the onl y fighting party in
this country. (Great applause and cheers.)
And that, happily, is not a figure of speech
so much ns ib is a figure of arithmetic ; be
cause, if you take up the rolls, you will find
we have sent four or five Democrats for every
one cowardly Abolitionist.
When you are told that we are wanting in
fealty to this Government, and do not want
to see this Union restoi-od, you pan hurl the
;foul lie in their throats and show what the
Democratic party does when it goes on South
ern- soil and pours out its life’s blood freely
for the defence of our Government. (Great
applause.) Porour Southern hrethorn usurped
power-ana attempted to break down the Con
stitution and 5 destroy the Union, and when
they did this they became our enemies alike,
whether North-or South. (Applause.)
■That they were-once our friends is true,
hut it was when they were loyal, or when wo
believe they wore-loyal.- But;when they be
came disloyal'to the Constitution and sought
to break up the Union, they became our foes.
(Gfcat, ap.pl apse, and cries of “That’s so)”j
“That’s tlie'pdiht,” &o.)
Gentlemen, I made some reference to the
ejc-e'rqise of eiyil rights in this time of war.—
I want to say a word or two on that subject.
You will remember that no war can bo suc
cessfully prosecuted ' hero unless the civil
power 00-oporato with themilitary. Although
the service is distinct in-one respect, yet they
are- inseparably. connected in almost every
other. , . .
In 1812 when wo waged a war against a
.foreign enemy, the civil power co-operated
with the military, and we were successful. —
In 1848, when wo waged a war against an-
I other foreign Power, the civil and the mili
tary authorities again co-operated, and wo
were successful again, It is very true that
wo had enemies then in power in Washing
ton, who wore against the war, as we have now
enemies in power there who .are opposed'to
the present war.
.When this wav broke out, Pennsylvania
;ave, her own free-will offering’ jf honest,
foayts in ’ this groat contest, under the im
wossion that the Government would success
ully carry, on-this war to restore the Consti
tution’and the Uniob; and I will do Mr.
Lincoln tlie justice to say, that in the decla
ration which ho made in the beginning of the
war, he was then, ns I believe turn to bepow,
earnestly anxious and' sincere in the prosecu
tion °f the war tp the beat possible termina
tion, by putting down Secession,' and resto
ring the Constitution and the Union. '],
And before ! take tny Seat I will give you
Mr.. Lincoln’s evidence ot that—the documen
tary evidence that he is sincere in prosecu
ting the war in that tray and for that purpose.
But how bfis it been with Mr Lincoln’s civil
power—not the Presiddnt'hiijiself, but the
men sworn to be his Constitutional ndyisers
in the. Senate and House. Look at that fac
tious Congress, and wo may well sympathise
with Mr. Lincoln in the exercise, of his power
in the Federal Government. There was
counter proposition after counter proposition,
having no other possible effect or tendency
‘than'to embarrass Mr. Lincoln, the cabinet
officers and the masses of this country, in
putting down treason and the Kobollion. (Ap
plause.) ' ■ ,
Treason! aye, treason upon the Senate floor,
rank and foul was, day after day, fulminated
in violation of the policy of the Administra
tion, in bringing this war to a successful
close. • ’ ' . : ; ■:■
.1 mn very happy to say that the Fedora!
power of this Government, the President and
the Secretary of War, for whom we ought to
have,great respect, because they are invested
with power,, and our duty is to. respect and
obey it; -'.although the parties exercising it
may riot be men of our choice, I am happy
to know that they have no feeling iu.comr
nion with people in various portions- of; the
country, claiming to belong to their party,
and putting forth the idea that all civil acts j
[ and functions must ha suspended at this time.
(Applause;) , . ■ ' -r-.t;
No, I will tell you, gentlemen, what you
will find. . The President, whom-I believe to
be an honest irian and a patriot, will ere long
be compelled to cry out for his friends to de
fend him against the rani? and treasonable
Abolitionists; ' ■ _
! ■■This, then, gentlemen is the first outpour
ing j this is the first civil gun fired for the
Federal Government and the enforcement of
the laws. These people tell you that the. U
nion can exist without the Constitution. Now',
we are said to be an educated people, find
mon, 1 wl?o have gone, through colleges, put
: forth' this idea.if'they ‘could pnlygu
back to the good old times arid take a course
of.schooling, they would read in the ’begin
ining, how this Union was made. J The story
is very simple, and, if ari'/Abolitionist talks' ,
to you,' tell him that in 1783, when peace was
declared, the; colonists came together and bad
an understanding,; or a compact, or,what,was ,
called a confederation. .■ ■••.■' ''
That was intended for mutual defence and
the general welfare.', |But after a few years,
in 1786 or 1787, it was found that the .Gou-
I federation was. powerless; it could no? borrow
money,; it had no status abroad,; ,it bad no
nationality, and could not stamp 'the peal of
nalioifality on the citizen of IlanhSylvama.and
iaay, VThere is the power of all the states/f—•
Go.to the old world and stand in the midst of
the prudes time porialists, arid that, signet
placed upon your brow show that you repre
sent a. power, or thirty miilions.pf people who
Will wipe out any insult put upon you.
There was no Union, then. The Union,
was formed by.thb Constitution, and it was
the only way ini which the Cn.ioij, .could be
| madef-by adopting a.Oonslitution whiqb.del
egated. certain powers to the Government,
and reserved the others; to States or , the peo
ple. I will not weary you by tolling you
what we, all know (wo ,all know what the
Constitution'.is,, though T regret to say there
are many men who pay no,respect to it); how
wisely these powers are created ; how. essen
tial they, are made to, the States, and the
equipoise of the powers made up ofthe Stales;
how your-’rights) however huriiOle and mod
est you may bo, tiro sacredly guarded by the
Constitution, and that whatever wo have
achieved,has beeu achieved by it. ; The other
Union was not perfect; the Constitution gave
us a perfect Union, and that Constitution
alone can give us a perfect Union. ' There
edn bo, no; Union .w.itijpu.t the Constitution.
(Great' applause.)','
Now, gentlemen, our history upon that
point is plain. Wo always Obey the law.—
We do what the law says. If the law is not
wise, that is no reason why wo shonld. not
obey it. Our duty to obey an unwise law is
as plain ns our duty to obey a wise, one ; be
cause we know wo can very soon have the
laws altered to suit ourselves.-...
What, on the other side,' are 1 the' teachings
of Abolitionism ? They make, their own laws
to serve their purposes ; they never were the
party-of law, and the impudence with which
they now come to us is only worthy of our
contempt, and of such an organization in this
city and State as will wipe out' the. last ves
tige of them. (Prolonged applause.)
I would like to read a little to yon from.-
Henry Clay. (Cheers,) I wonder if the Ab
litionists will have any difficulty in knowing
whore the great, immortal Clay would stand
were.he bore? Wo,have on this stand gen
tlemen who fought with him ardently and
faithfully during his long life, loving him
dearly, and clinging to him in all his efforts
to perpetuate a groat national party. (Ap
plause.) See how the old Sago of Ashland
speaks as with tongue prophetic from his hon
ored grave. See what ho prophesied as the
condition of this country if Abolitionism ever
got the upper hand. I will rend you what
ho said in 1843, almost twenty years ago.
lie despaired even then, faint and glim
mering as the streak of light appeared hero
in the North, that danger was coining; but
the great man, with his prophetic mind,
looked out into the misty future and clearly
depicted the condition of things that must re
sult. lie asked Walter Colton to write a
tract. lie said‘Show the origin of slavery ;
trace it to the British Government; sho.wliow
it is disposed of by the Constitution ; that it
is loft exclusively to the States, oxceptiii re
gard to fugitives, direct taxes and x-eproson
tation ; show that the agitation of the ques
tion in the Free States will destroy all har
mony and finally lead to a disunion, perphtn
ato war, the extinction of the African 'raCo;
and despotism.’. (Applause.)
“ Bu t the great auiv/ind,object of that tract
should be to rouse the laboring classes in the
Fre States against Abolitionism. (Great ap-
' ,Qapipttho consequences that would
follow from immediate Abolition. The slaves,
being free, would be dispersed throughout the
Upton ; they, would enter into competition
with'the free ’ laborer—,with the American,
tho Irishman, and the German—reduce his
wages, bo confounded with him,; and affect
his family and-.aoclaVstanding. (Applause.)
A’nd as tho nltrc/go both for Abolition and
Amalgamition,' they show that their object
isr'tp unite in marriago the laboring black
woman and the white man, and reduce the'
white laboring man to tho despised and de
graded condition of tho block man. (Orica
of “Never, ' never.”) ■ ■
.That is 'what tho great Clay says-; and'is,
not his prophecy almost fearfully- fulfilled ?
It stands hero in fearful record-before you.—
Day and night, tho evil is menacing your lib- ,
ertiea, orffl the'freedom of your person from
arrest; No man has; liberty "Under if,,.and
now, tho evil, mbnster Las-threatened this
community and every man, woman and child
in it.""'. . . 'f
But Ileriry'UTay wnstoo great and nation
al. You know his fate,. His heart was bro
ken before death touched him,;.and he went.
down to his grave, not unhonbred and hustl
ing, but to be wept and worshipped by gpnta
rations to come for his . great and . high -pur
pose in upholding tho nationality of the Fed
eral Union. .
1 How is it about those men who talk of free
speech and a fr'ep press? When the great
and god-like Wehsfef hdme from Wash
ington, after the greatest not of his life, when
ho expounded tho Cunstitotiori nnd predicted
the results that would certainly'follow if it
was violated, when he wept h.ome to
and wanted to speak in rdnpiiil Hall, whiolp 7
was dedicated by its founder ; tp free speech,
for the first time in that city tlio inasgivo
doors of that temple were closed, against fhS
old man, and ho turned and wept, and said,
“I %oill speak to the peopled! 1 Massachusetts/ 7
He did speak to thorn on Boston Common*
with nothing beneath him hut tho stone street,,
and nothing, abvove but God’s canopy, ltd
said:—“People of Massachusetts; who have
done much in this great country, hut unless
you do one-tluqg you have not, all the rest is
nothing. You, must , conquer your preJiidK
CCS. 7 ’ . ■ > , , J
hNow,- a single word, and I am done. Other
gentlemen ‘are to follow, and I have trespassed!
too long (cries of “Not at all; go on”) I want
you to hear.what I have, to say ; because I
know yOu will. (jo glad,'to.’hear it;,’ I want
you to know that the ektiniple pf the mmol'-
fal Clay arid W.ehstqf is being kept now by
the President of these tlnitod efates;.(deaf
ening applause and cheeps ) Here is an ex
tract , written yesterday )jy’the' President,
which deserves, the respect and. marked con
sideration of this meeting, and is addressed,
as a proper rebuke to that arch traitor and
disunionist, who has been trying all his life,
to break.up this nation, Horace Greeley
(Groans for Greeley). I will not ,read tho
whole letter ; it is printed in the public jour
nals. , But there is one paragraph which
stands opt liko> statue ■
As to the policy I seem to bo pursuing,,
as you say, I have not meant to have anypno,
in doubt. I would save the Union ; I would,
save it in the shortest way under the Consti
tution.. (Great applause.). l(he; sooner thei
national authority can he restored the hearer
the. Union >vill be the Union as it was. 77 .
.’-What is meant by national
W!)y,, l tho I Gppstitdti9,n.,kl'lVßt‘iB tire'hotionat ■
authority, aud it is thought this.' that he, db-,
clafes it to be his purpose to save 1 Union,
as soon as he can. , (Applause.Y .■ ? . .. ;,v..,
■ . Now, gentleman,! a single word. fiomembeVi
what you have to do. Observe the duties and
obligations of the citizen. Do,jjpt bo proyokqd,
or betrayed intq.any violent actipn. Ddinot.lia .
participators ill 'anything whicli, -'by ; the -
slightest semblance, looks to the violation!;pf
tho law, or is wanting ■ in'rcspeptto .the law;,
Eeiqpmber that the (prig lino of our,history-ip!
in your keeping pud mine. Ije't us’be patient: ;,-
let us be. true.; fot Us say .that our iperngp’tp,';
the South to heat down treason,' no.-matter if.
it does cost Northern blood,.and let, thepo be.
nothing spirt against us.'!' i '
L.et us do till that, but let us
theriglit peapeahly to assemble for. tho;fyepv
dorn of speech;l do not mean the, lioensp’dr
Ispeech that speaks treason. No. At this time,;
the speech of freemen jn this community plight,
to be guarded) tijjt.l mean thelibotty .'pf-sppeolf .
ofthe proas, nhd of the employment of those and
rights which have hitherto bpen regarded as,
undoubted.fh is lef. us do by the hopes of
our .future,.the bright hopes ofthe party which
is soop tp.go into power, and which is to sup l ;'
port tho President in the exercise of his high
funotion’undor the'Constitution.
Mr. Witte concluded amid great applause.
,a English Woman on the “ Stars fjnd
Stripes.” ' ,
An English Indy, of niuoh intelligenc.e;,afid,'
refinement, who has resided in this country
for two or-throe-years past, recently sent to
her sister, .residing near London, the lines
and music of “ The Star Spangled Banner,”
and a.brooch Boaa'ing a representation of one
■national ensign and other symbols. The fol
lowing extract from the nqte.accompanying
them has been handed ns for publication:
“ The Star Spangled Banner” is for toy
niece Pr—i E I hope that, tor the
sake of her aunt, she will learn to play and,
sing my favoritemational anthemo.
“ To you, my dear a litfls,
brooch- i havo worn l iti : ipy bosom. ■ If my.
brother-W ‘—■ thinks it to poor, for you to
wear, tell him that it cost more thafi,: fifty
million dollars, and it, is worth fully ail if'
cost. ‘lts-greatest .Value is-in the fact that it
was won by brave hearts, and the heat blood
of freemen. Could I .afford; it,, the 'device
should be formed of .precious atqhes— with
thirty-four diamonds to represent its stars., ,-
, “ shis . flag—the -Stars apd' , Stripos:4piy
dear sister, is the symbol of all that is' noble ]
and beautiful. A. brooch similarly adorned;
was given a short tone since to IJr. ftsgqod,
for his Sunday School. "I .was surmounted'
with a cross, and was thesymbol of religion;
of freedom, of ll.nion, of glory, qf, a.-ipcrciful
and clement Government,, of a frog and en
lightened people, ever going onward, aspiring
after perfection—of a, homo for the friendless,
tt refuge from the tyrant. -,. . i
' “ If we wore not born in good old England,
thq mother of this ebuptry,.we might long for
the honor of being, bqm finder , the beautiful
1 folds of tho flagof the free. I have chosen it
for'nry winding sheet,- and my friends hero
promise they will wrap it around mo when
dead. . , : - .
“ Wear my little brooch, niy dopr sister, if
only for a week. It is worthy tn bq.worn ou
the heart of one who is among God’s fairest
works—for a woman wild is all lidr Creator-,
designed her to ho, ns daughter* wife and'
mother, is one of these,” ,
Favoiutps. —-“ I have ever fimndi” .says a,
sensible writer, “ that the men who are real
ly most fond of the sooiotyof.ladies, who cher
ish for them .a high respect,- nay, reverence
them, are seldom most popular, with the ses.
Mon of more assurance,': whose tongheS are;
lightly hung, who math Boris'supply the
place of ideas, and place compliment in '.tho
room of sentipißnt, ore the faforites. . A-true
respect for woman leads to respectful actions
towards ; them ; and. respect is usually a ’ die- ,-
tant action, and this groat distanee/ia taken
by them for neglect and want ,of interest,”
.OoutP'BE Rt:conciled.—Tlio Duke do Ro
qulaiiro was one day told that two ladipa.of
tho court liad quarreled and very rauch’afaUsod
each other.'' ’ ’ ' : ; i
1 Have, they called each other ho
asked.' ~ ; '
•No/'/ • • ■} -• ' ‘"j, ' .
• Very well/ said ho, • I can reconcile them/
NO. is