the American Volunteer
RUSHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
John B. Bratton.
of'PXCK —no utiiSQUAUR '
, n ,,0-Tffo dollars per year If paid strictly
Two DoUomjnnd Fifty Cents If
wmiln three monthslsner which Three
P‘‘, " _m be charged. Those terms will be
‘f. llr adhered’to la everf Instance. No sub:
i.tion discontinued until all arrearages are
!C , d P „ p i o aB attlio optljm of tb PLdh°^'_
|bcW.
frft c 'Voluriicrr. ; ;
MEMQgmB v tir 1 ‘bffidibSaoiy;' j ; ~; 1 i
pear homo of my childhood ! fond memories'
Ilegor
>VIIU loving remembrance around tbyold
walls* /
But 1 sigh, ae 1 follow the trafje of Time’s Un-
ger,
which hoe touched ovCry spot my fond fancy
recalls,
But whore shall I seek for the friouds ol my
childhood? J
(Chnogcd Is eaoh face and each heart, once so
gay,)
Happy wore wo we rofuned trough the wild
wood, •
And Marched for spring lloworson fair days la
May.
Ah! then we ne’er dreame'd aught of trials or
. sorrow,' ,
But brightly looked forward to each coming
morn.
And thought but of joys that might come on
the morrow,
And lived lur the future, which never , was
born.
Vulr, smooth Susquehanna, that nobio old
river,
dllll glides on na calmly as ki the days long,
ago;
And It looks ** lf thaB » u would move ou for
over, *
Su noiseless uud iigasoless'lts soft waters-flow.
Hove lo gase on It; those past scenes reviving,
Ami think of the loved ones, now garnered
above,
w nero they may be watching, each spit It ar
riving,
'Mom aciohs the dark river into regions of
Love. - VIUGINIA.
glistelkiKßiß.
THE FATAL PIN.
A PIN ! A PIN ! MY KINGDOM FOK A PIN I
--* * -
l was huirrying by express mail'one
Christinas to meet a. lady whom, at
that time. I was privileged to call, my
Belinda. Even then that phrase was
not strictly accurate ; for she was- to .be
my Belinda. In short, I was engaged
to bo married' to her; .but this anticipa-
tion of proprietorship is a privilege
gmceiuiiy " iu ,iuvcnt».
that, however,.is now thiri air. I can
talk of it calmy. “That’s right,”
friends say' to me, frequently, 1 “ you
won’t care a pin about it.”' A pin!
The word gives ’fine a prick like the
thing it stands for. It was a pin settled
it. ’ . ■
She was-the most delicate minded
creature in the world, my Belinda.—
A being more highly sensitive it. was
impossible to conceive. . Such, words as
stout, appetite, healthy, leg, limb,
stomach, sea-sick,, she , could: not let ■
near her., I mean,of course, in a met
aphorical sense. Such delicacy of mind
it was impossible not to admire and
praise; -it signified a world of future
poesy ; but then it made one’s position
almost precarious, and on more than
one occasion some unguarded allusion
of mine went nigh to' Shipwrecking
everything. She told me, indeed, can
didly, “she; thought I Was the toost re-;
flned and Spiritual being sfcie had ever
met.” This was a little exaggerative,
for 1 cannot claim to. more than my'
fellows in this department, and to say
the truth, rather enjoy a good, rough,
speech. But still I had to walk warily.
We were about to make an expedi
tion and the train was to stop at a par
ticular station where Belinda and her
mamma were to come in. Shall X own
it? I felt not a little nervous at this
meeting,and made my toillot with great
nicety. It was the first occasion, too,
on which I “sported” (to upe a popular
phrase) a little prenuptial cadeau, which
considering that it touched rather near
ly on a district marked dangerous, sur
prised me not a little. X allude to a set
of handsome gold studs, sleeve links,
etc., emblazoned with my personal in
itials, which were' of course inextrlca,-
hly-entangled .together, after the ap
proved fashion. But considering- that
the locality of ' these ornaments is not
far off from one of Belinda’s obnoxious
words, It seemed a strange choice. She
no d«ubt looked at them in se, as they
nestled-in their blue Velvet case, like a
litter‘of newly-born puppies ; for her
they were simply.stupis with no ulterr
ior purpose.
I wasaltJne In the carriage, and, as I
say, a little nervous. It was the first
occasion op which I,had been admitted
to such intimacy, ag to bo cavalier or
protector. Here was a new .responsi
bility, you see. 1 felt lost, and subject
to that.pbyßical emotion attendant on
heat, wtdch‘ I , wpuhl not so much, as
haive wbisper iu her presence.
J, wasglapcingdptyn.my figure taking
in the general coup d'qdl, from waist
coat to.boota, then feeling what I
could nof pee, when,! became conscious
of a certaln. slaokhess, something flap
ping about tl).o region of the throat.—
It was very strange, but all was loose;
something, In sea-phrase, had gone. I
hastem d' to reef‘all in, when lot my
nervous fingers Peeking the centre, the
stud bh which all depended, I' found
that it was gone;
Slipped'down, no doubt. I investi
gated;' entered On that sleuth-hound
chase," which'yet tleflei the explorer—
shook all about me—but It was hot
there/ I was dbwnbh my knees inah
instant, aUover the floor. It
Was lost—a substantial loss," for the'
-ueckstud is the'ihbs't‘sblld" and’hand
somest of the colieotion. It Was to the"
others ah. the b-nialh, sheet’’-is the
test of the ropes. ; Howvexatious!
But there Was 'worsen thaii that lost ;
here all waS slaokaif away, collar open
and dropping IlkOtAYo-hornH, breast'of
the snowy shirt all apart and aliabroad.
The ship, Indeed, near the
all breaking' up 1 UUd 'going piece by
. piece. Whatrshall X dd? l • How present
mysolfto the oyer raajltjen ?,
I wa»'^jglg*««^jo ippet he*.; That,
feeling pi as though
a map jyere.bpingrsw.eptaway
cution, byceteam or ;maohlnery, made
the situation.almost horrible, from:
sheer.nervousness. .What was I to do ?
Present myself in this , state, my throat
In this draggled condlton ? Why, even
to the ordinary .boors of the street it
would:he a source of vulgar mirth. I
could not present myself, try ing to keep
all together precariously with one hand.
fflie Ammcdiii
■ ■ ’ . / 1.’.: t [i
BY JOHN B: BRATION.
There were four extremities, dt will be
recollected ; no flnger *ould conflne at
the same point- The awkwardness too,-
evcilif it could, of going-through: so--
'<ydl''nfh'U'lth! ohe-flngetvpre33wl : Yi&oi,i
‘this slippery b.alancel. One of the four.
If not two, would fie certain to get free;
there would 'be nothing to reveal the
escapade, as the eyes could not com
mand h view, and the fingers' wdiild
have to be probing, nervously to see
that all was right. ,
Why not a pin ? The female reader
will have at once suggested.the reme
dy, that so simple a cure should, not
hrive occurred at once. I had thought
of that long before, and had searched
desperately on every part of the human
figure. Beluga well ordered mind;
everything was made fast by legitimate
agency—button and buckleeverywhere
did the work. One desparate chance
I kept fot the last; beneath the coat
collar-seat of many a boquet, there was
certain to be some stray pin confining
the stalk on the under side. With
these recurring flowers some stray pin
must surely have lingered.' ■ With a
trembling hand X turned back the col
lar. It was blank. The careful ser
ve nt had been at too much pains to re
move it. What was to be done ? Ha I
a brilliant thought—substitute one of
the smaller studs—an Idea to be dis
missed almost as soon as thought of. —
. xhey iwere of the clans that were no
bigger- than seed pears—little, “pops”
as it were. They would hold nothing.
So that must be dismissed as a futile
sham. The only thing loft, on' the
stoppage of the train, was to fly precip
itately, and lose forever the prospect
that was before me. • I -dared not pre
sent myself, the human throat thus dis
arranged. , Stay 1 here was, the train
stopping slqwlyg-not at a station, for
,we itad still: half an, hour to travel.—
We were stopping on a; deserted por
tion of 'the line, always a desolate pro
ceeding, and appeariuga sort of physical
personification of agonized uncertainty..
Instantly heads were out of the win
, doom ,and-a,guariJL.\¥ltUiiD£. Alone the
line was, caUedontopxplain. 1l T)nly
a lugiage van in front.” But he was
to be >miriemore than theirs. He was
to be my rescuer. .
“ Guardi” X said
“ Well, sir ?” he snswered, walking
ouaniunrolllng his flag.
“Just come • here.” X did not want
all the eats outside the railroad carriage
to know dilemma; '
“ Ciin’t attend to you now, sir; must
see that tye aren’t run 1nt0,.”,' And ho
hurried on waving his bit of red hunt
ing.' This was fretting and harrassing.
There was a benevolent looking head
that protruded from' tW.windo w close
to mine, stretching .with; great interest
-up the line. The idea seized me—the
very thing; T would appeal to him.
“ There’s no actual danger ?” he ask
ed
• None'in -the world, but perhaps
you would oblige me with such a thing
as a pin 1 ; tiny! collar has 1 got undone—
most awkward. .
. “ Bht the bther express is due about
this lime—A might be run into.—
Goodhess ! W this the way passengers’
lives are to be trifled with ?”
“There’s no danger,” Xrepeat. “The
guard says it is only a luggage van.—
Could you oblige me with a pin ? Or,
perhaps there is some lady in the car
riage—” . ,
“Oh, I have no pin!” he answered,
testily. “ Where’s this guard! Scan
dalous!”
The guard came running back blown,
" All clear,” he cried. “ All right. II
ain’t nothing.”
I called tohim grown desperate/’See
icre, guard. Get on the step, I wai
“ Can’t stop sir, we must pull up.”
“ But it is most particular. Look
here;” He thought I was going to
show him something in the carriage
and he sprang on the step. “ Look
hero;” X said hurriedly, “here’s half a
crowd—only please do, do get me, a
pin.” '
I was speaking in a, language which
is Intelligible, I believe, to guards of
all tifibes and nations. The half crown
was a mere word; but uttered in the
language of money. 'He saw and un
derstood, bet looked very strangely at
me.
“’Alfer crown for a pin!” ho said,
withja'grin. “ X ain’t gotsuch a thing.”
(The 1 impatient engine driver gave a 1
sharp expostulating wliistle.j “ Bat
when We get In I’ll aveono for you, sir,
never fear.” .
“ It won’t do," I said desperately";
“ask some woman", 1 female, lady, I"
must have It now. (Again the sharp
remonstrances from engine man.)—
“ Five shillings,”. I said, feeling in my "
waistcoat pocket, “shall be yours.”—
Though lie saw I was a queerlsh gen
tleman, the exhibition of the two “ alf
ei-crowns” amounted to conviction, to
the cog ent argument he had met
wltte’ Regardless of the interests of
the 1 train—a feature I have remarked
iir officers of his class when thus tempt
ej j_’x saw him on the step of an adjoin-
Ing carriage, making his request, The
curlbsity of the., passengers was un
bounded. They thought it had some
thing to do with the expresses, etc.—
The, benevolent man alone, who had
heard was in a rage. “It’s scandalous!
passengers’ lives to he trifled .with in
ti'.islway. I’ll write to thecompany.-
You’re not fit to he guard, running
abbut:. taking money from the passen
gers;” Guard returning in triumph
but ilboking guilty, called all his ef-
Irontery to his aid.
• ‘‘i ain’t doing nothing ol the kind.
Don’t'yon Interfere'with me, and I
shan’t with you. Here ybu are sir. I
managed it,’’ he sald as If he had per
formed a service of danger. ■
We understood each' other, the re
ward was to be reserved till the end of
the journey ; he should have seven
and-slx then. Here was the pin. I
was saved. I threw myself back re
lieved, and went on.
As all hopes of Borne rested on this
little scrap of wire, I went to work
cautiously. Why-Why! When I
looked at it I found It was a frail, ghost
of a pin, a little delicate consumptive
article,'without stamina or backbone
Its function was to pass through four
,pieces Of starched linen. ; .
■lTbfihiea was ludicrous.- In'spite of
: co.tjfldofapp l^at! Bpema / Ahf) j diah f , I, ; spt,
myself Jto make ‘ the attempt—it ■ bent
double|in a secondand was so short
and feeble that, on my attempting to
straighten it, it bent back again the
other ay, llke an acrobat.
, ;0n this I gave way to a raood of de
spair, 'which increased as we'came
nearer ;yet nearer to the -piece of. meet
ing..' engine jipuste- hrid
feigniii tests began to multiply, and the
catriagesto reel and jolt n little as we
passed' Over - switches ahd.crosslngs, I
roused' myself and, through sheer de
spair, once more straightened the pin
.and by some mysterious balancing, ■or
supernatural powers succeeded In for
cing it into two or perhaps three of the
folds. It did riot, go through, but It
held somehow-—would hold for a few
seconds, till I could secure a stout strong
pin, that would make all fast. Then
tying my handkerchief very tightly
over all I waited without motion. ■ •
Here • was the terminus—here Were
Belinda and her mother. lam sure
they thought me cold if not surly ; for
I onlf smiled, instead of leaping up
thrusting my body half out of the win
dow, and waving my hand till the
train stopped, as any other lover would
have done. When I got out and had
“reiriemlier” o guard—who followed
me with a doubtful eye, whisperlUg to
his fellow, and. waiting to see whom I
should join, expecting no doubt to find
keeper? waiting—l found Belinda .With
rather a “hurt” expression briber face;
But even then I dared no . relax or be
-ethpresse,- it was too dangerous. I
would make ■ all up by an effusion of
tenderness later.
“What is the matter?” she said,
coldly; ; “ you : don’t seem,very glad to
see me?. Have lioflerided you?”.- ?
, “ Offended I” lexclaimed, so impetu-
ously, that I felt it had nearly : glveu
way i “ no,”. I .added, more h tardily,
“ but if you would let me go totfjhmth
bTKSir-rox:' a.; lUtriUtjn.-T-.
one single second—”
“ As many as you please,” she said,
really angry. ■ “ Mamma, we should
have accepted Captain Bridleman’s 6f-
fer; and it-is not too late yet; I saw
him at the door. Como !’’
Eridleman : was n rival;and a danger-
ops one.
; ‘ “ Let us go,” 1 said seizing her hand;
never mind Smith and Son: It was
nothing after all.”
’ “And you could give me a pain for
.nothing after all. This makes it
worse.”
■ “ Give you a pain,”- I said, vehem-
ently, “ I declare solemnly—Alas 1 at
the moment I felt it go. The frait pin
gave way—with a sort of a snap, and
the.four ends of shirt and collar flew
npart. My ready hand barely saved
discovery.
“ What’s the matter ?” asked my Be
linda’s mamma, “aro : you ill?”
•• No—not at all, on the contrary,” X
said, scarcely knowing what I was say
ing.
“No sore throat I trust? Good gra
cious I With diptheria so fatal and so
contagious.”
Belinda looked at me steadily. She
. was always a cold meditative girl, that
liked working out things to a conclu
sions.
“ Then why do you keep your hand
to your neck in that way ? 1
‘“Well, I have a sort of cold, or I
think it is coming on—”
“ And that will cure it, or prevent
it?” said she in the same chilling way.
' *• Give me a pin,” I whispered to Be
linda’s mother, “ quick.”
She started. “A pin 1 What an odd
request? What do you want it for?
Good gracious?' not—”
“ Yes mamma,” said Belinda, “ X
suppose to prick my arm,"he is looking
so wickedly at mo—X declare Xam so
glad to see you, Captain Brldloman.
A sort of “ hawbaw” gentleman had.
come up, with large mouth and whis
'lrers, and was bending over her.
“ Why, good gracious 1” he said, “so,
complimentary, I declare, I. don’t
know what to say.”
“You must come to meeting with
us,” she said.
“ The gentleman on whom we count
ed is too much engaged with his
throat.” -
Mr. Bridleraan turned on me a halt
amused, half insolent stare.
“• Why, yes, so it is,” he said, “ seems
something in the throat. Go to Hook
er at once---grettt doctor.” And he
looked as though I would go at once to.
the eminent physician.
“ It is not the throat," I said smiling
-feebly, “ when I explain—which I will’
later—” '
i “ Well, Ido say it Is odd,” said the
, Captain critically, “ because, you see,no •
person ever heard of a sore throat down
there on the cellar bone.”
I saw Belinda was shocked at this al
lusion, yet was so puzzled at my beha
vior that the latter sensation overpow
ered the former. Still I dared not
remove my hand.. However miserable
the present situation,’ what, would fob
low would, be more disastrous....'The
captain was looking more curiously
still. ■'
“ Why, 1 declare,” he said malicious
ly “If hq'ain’t got something concealed
there 11 bet any amount he has. I see
it.”
.“ The mystery is very odd,” said Be
linda’s mamma, “considering your
purposed relations to my daughter I
think It very odd. Pray take down
your hand, Mr. - or you will expose
yourself to the very worst construe
tibn.” -
. What could X say or do? At that
Instant the guard came up and ,said,
loudly enough- to be heard by all,, but
im a jocular .tone:. ”
“You got the little sharp instrument
sir, as you were looking for?” • '
They all started back; Belinda’s
mother gave a cry. •
i “ Take it away from him I He’s
mad!- He means mischief 1”
“Scuseme," said the captain, “but
this won’t do, you know.” And
snatching at my hand, dragged it down
CARLISLE, PA., THBESDtt'WTaE^
vlolently.
There was no farther use to attempt
concealment. Wide flew the four ends,
revealing—Oh, shame I shame I what
shall i say? "But-- that was mot the
worst. Thb effect must have been as of
something maniacal, for the ladies gave
a short cry and turned away, and the
infamoUs captian exclaimed, •“ By Jove
he is mad I”
I turned and fled.
* Belinda is now Mrs. Bridlemari.—
The worst and mortifying part is that
he probably owned his selection to a*
belle! in his prodigious sagacity in dis
covering my state.
VON AND LOST.
SPLENDID fortune vanishes before
IT HAD BEEN FAIRLY CLUTCHED.
Mr. CoiematiT. Robinson washorn la
Rout, Putnam county, N. Y., January
12,1838, arid died May 1, 1872, in his 35th
year.- At the age of 19 Mr, Robinson
visited, Europe, and spent several years
exploring France, Germany, Italy, Spain,
the Holy Land, traversing the Nile,
bathing In the Dead Sea, and perambu
lating the streets of Jeruselam. He grad-,
bated with distinction at a German col
lege in Berlin . after bis travels, and
returned to ids native laud in ISBI.
Shrewd ami ventursomo, lie went into
Wall street and began speculating in
stocks. Success marked all his efforts,
and ina fewmontbs be became .the head
of the .house,of .Robinson', Cox & Co.,
stock brokers, in Wall street, where he
had many, financial transactions with
Drew, i Vanderbilt, Jay Cooke, Henry
Clews, James Risk, jr., and Jay Gould.
Ho,amassed it fortune, and about two
years ago he retired from business a mil
lionaire, his property estimated at a mil
lion and a half, principally in stock and
bonds-
A PALATIAL COUNTBY SKAT.
Last November he purchased an ele
country seat at Brewster’s Station,
In hlajnatlve comity, on the New York,
and Albany railroad, and fur
nished it gorceously; A large- room' in
Hkai-konao I1(\ Oil a IUUBQUEU. ,
.where were arranged an endless number
of curiosities gathered during his.travels
iln foreign countries. Mr. Robinson, with
liveried servants and u team of spanking
• baysi-Hhe envy of the surrounding far
mers —could .be seen almost every day,
dashing ever the country roads, seated
in a npat Utile phioton. A man of gener
ous .Impulses'he made many friends, and
no enemies until after his death.
A MILLIONAIRE IN LOVE,
On the first day of January Mr. Robin
son gave a wooden wedding-reception In
bis house to the Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Fletcher, the Baptist minister of the vil
lage. Among the guests was Mr. James
B. Jilttle, editor of the Putnam County
Courier,, of Carmel, and his daughter
Florien.’a eirl oflO, not yet out of short
dresses. For the first time the millionaire
fell in love. He was a favorite of theaex,
but matrimony was the last thing In the
world he had ever.contemplafed. Child
os she. was. he,proposed Jo her on the
spot. aud was as promplTy' rejecEeH: The
young miss rather treated his proposition
as a good juke. About the next thing Mr.
Robinson did was to get on a terrible;
spree, which .lusted nearly two weeks,
during which time he talked of nothing
but declaring that he would
marry her, if it was the last act of his
life, and he kept his word.,
A SUITOR AGAIN lIKMKCTND.
On the lotu of the same mouth Mr.
Robinson gave another reception—this
time to hi? cousins, J- T. & A. T. Smith,
Miss Little attended, attired for the drat
time in the robes of a marriageable girl.
Mr. Robinson,' infatuated, pressed his
suit again, and was again rejected. Then
he appealed to her father and implored
him to use his influence with his daugh
ter in his behalf. What passed at that
and subsequent interviews between
Messrs. Robinson and Little bn thatsub
ject is not’known. But Irom those inter
views it seems Mr. Little learned that
Mr. .Robinson had previously made a
Will, and it is a common repert that Mr.
Little promised the suitor that his daugh
ter should marry him provided he would
destroy that will and agree not to make
another unless it should settle the bulk
of big property on the bride elect. Mr.
Robinson agreed to the proposition, and
said that he would ‘destroy, it..:’But Mr.
Little would not take a"promise., He
must see the will destroyed. ,
A MILLION AIRE’S WILL.
Mr. Roblusod always carried his will in
an .inside coat pocket. But to guard
against aooldenl or’,theft he kept a dupli
’oate in Rpblneon, Chase & Co.’s safe in
Hroadstreet, New York. Mr. Eugene
Robinson, of that firm, is a cousin of the
dead; man. Hfs sistei; Mary ,ie Mr. Eu
gene’Robinson’s wife. The will set.SlO,-
000. apiece on three cousins in Buffalo,
'sl,6,ooo;more .to the : Society of Natural
Sciences, In Buflalo, of whiuii Mr. Rob-,
inson was a member, and. the rest of his
property he bequeathed to his sister Ma
ry. This is tfle will which Mr. Little
wanted destroyed.
According to promise, Mr. Robinson,
appeared'at Mr. Little’s bouse about a
. month ago, having with him the original 1
will, and the , duplicate., He called tbd,
Llttie'family Jntb, the parlor, and ip their
presence be threw the duplicate into the
flreJ, The old- man : smlle6 all over the
face| and promised Mr. Robinson that his’
daughter should,, become Mi-s. Robinson;
whenever he said the word.. The wed
ding day was fixed for the first of May,
and Mr.,Rpblnson resumed hip spree.
A MABBIAOE.
On the 28th of April, while driving fu
riously on the Danbury road, about a
mile from Brewster's,Mr. rein
ed his horse too bard to one side, which
crodipodandupaet the wagon, threw him
out'a'nd broke' hlsiefir thigh, to the
femoral joint. ; Dr. Harris set'tbk free
juirtd limb,'but the fei(leii|t- 'to
grow worse, and on Tuesday, the 30th of
April, he sent for Miss Little, requesting
that ehesbould nurse him, blit her father
refused to allow her to do so unless Mr.
Robinson would consent to have the
marriage ceyemony performed at once. It
being, ijr., Boblnaon'a desire . that the
marriage, wl\loh wps to ; have beep sol
emnized op_ the next day,sjmuld bo post
poned until after he recovered. Mr. Lit
tle seemed determined. Finally, Mr.
Robinson consented, and the ceremony
■iiT a
was performßd'at'Sb’oiobk.tjyMv) bjUthe
girl’s jsraMfather,
i,«ii J*
IC' 7-U A'DEATHt' ’' it '"-''-, t <
About , one o’clock , lllat 1 , riigrit, SIV.
Robinson became insensible, am! died at
(i o’clock the next evening, just 24 hours
after bis marriage.
Immediately after his marriage Mr.
Robinson called his friend, Mr. O. H.
Miller, editor of the Standard at Brews
ter’s, and told him that he itad not de-.
stroyed his .will as. Mr. Little had sup
posed, and that- lie itad placed it in his
secretary drawer, and requested Mr.
Miller in the event of ills death to place
thb instrument in his si-iter's possession.
Mrs. Robiosou, bis sister, was telegraph
ed ber brojher's condition on the after
noon of bip death, and site arrived there
one flour alter he breathed bis last. Mr.
Miller did is liisdoad friend had reques
ted, and before Mrs. Robinson had been
in the Itouije fifteen minutes site had the
wili. /■; . '
A LIJfTLE BRIEF AUTHORITY.
it is said Mr. Little told the
villagers that bis daughter was a million
aire, and said that lie 'should move to
Brew3|er’H, and occupy his daughter's
house." He engaged Mr. Beebe to preach
in piase of Rev. Mr. Clapp, saying he
wouia pay him, and he said to the ser
vants, "My daugter is , mistress here
now. You will receive orders from her,
only.” From Wednesday night uulil
Saturday night the Littles ruled supreme
in theßobirisou mansion. The rightful
pwnen kept iu the background and al
lowed them to enjoy thelrbrief authority
in as lordly a manner as,they choose.
Mr. Robinson was buried ou Saturday,
tbe 4th Inst. The maid, wife anil widow
of a day attended the funeral the same
as any, other child would have done and
with about as much emotion. After hav
ing returned from the funeral and while
the temporary mistress was giving or
ders lo tbe servants for their guidance on
Sunday , Mr. Eugeue Robinson called Mr.
Little into a room ami the billowing dia
logue ensued:
Mr. Robinson—Mr. Little, I perceive
that your daughter lias.tukeu possession
of this bouse and has assumed control of.
matfefover which she has no ibgal au
thority.
Mr. Little—My'daughler is the widow
of the late Mr. Robinson. As his widow
she has the right, sir. to assume the con
trol of his house.
I- THE WILL THAT WAS NOT DESIKOVEI).
Mr. Robinson—But tliere is a will left
by Mr. Boblnson which disposes of all
bis property, and in that will your
daughter is not pamed, but my wife is.
Mr. Little—Ha, ha, ha ! Unfortunately
for you and your wife, Mr. Boblnson de
stroyed that will about two weeks ago.
Mr. Robinson— Unfortunately for you
and your daughter, I can inform you
that you are mistaken, 'i'be will is hot
destroyed.
. Mr. Little—That is very well to tell
outsiders; but allow me to say for your
future benefit that there is no will. 1 saw
it destroyed. He has made none since.
My daughter has ppsaeaaion, and will al-.
low such persona to remain as’ I spe tit to
- auggeat'tp-hor. ■ : '•
Mr.-Robinson (drawinga neatly folded
document from, his pocket)—Allow me,
eir, to present for your inspection the
last will and testament of Coleman
Towuseud Robinson. This is the origi
nal; you saw the duplicate .destroyed,
and for the sake of getting possession of
my cousin’s property, you allowed your
daughter to marry him- He saw your
motives and caught you with your own
bait, and you have uo.oue to thank but
your own avarice for the humiliation
which you must now experience. ,
A FATHER'S remorse.
Mr. Little (turned white and tremb
ling violently as he ciu tohed the will) —
I_X_j—de—de—declare, that's Cole
man’s signature. What a d—d fool X
have made of myself. Oh, dear! oh,
dear! wbat shall X do? What shall I
do?
• Mr. Robinson (authoritatively)—l’ll
tell you what to do. Take'yuur daughter
and go hopie to Carmel. Myself and wife
will take possession of this house now.
.. Mr. Robinson walked out of the room
and Mr. Littio mechanically followed.—
He lost no time in Informing his daugh
ter of the slip between the cup and the
lip, and in jess than an hour and a-balf
Mr. Little and Mrs. Little-Roblnson
were on their way to carmel sadder and
wiser than before the funeral ■
Before Mrs. Little-Roblnson quit the
house she said that her husband before
he died, had given her his nine hundred
dollar piano, and requested that they al
low her to take it, as it was a dying pres
ent, and’all she had to remember him by.
The request was granted, and she took
the piano away a few days afterward.
Last week Mr. Little called upon Mrs.
Eugene Robinson, and said that he
thought'it would suit his daughter better
to have the bay team and pbieton than
tbo piano, and'auegested that an ex
change be made.
/Mrs. Robinson replied that as her
'brother had mode, the piano a dying gift
to his wife she could not, under jny cir
cumstances' entertain the proposition.
That she thought too much of her brother
for that, aud finished by saying that If
her brother bad desired bis wife to have
the team be would have given it to her.
Mr. Little went away and has remained
in Carmel ever since.
Mr. Robinson’s family respect the un
fortunate girl, and although she is enti
tled to nothing, they have’ consented to
allow her $500.00 a year, and clothe aud
educate her until she becomes of ago.
THE JOSH BILLINGS shoe-box,
SNAIX.S, SNAIK3 AND IIAIIVS.
The slowest gaited animal on the face
ol the earth iz the snail.
They are one ov the few who take their
houses with them, when they go away
from home.
riunffa uro eetl lew be deiiuaie ealiug,
l,; lt ii .i Kan hav all Ihe hash I want, i
Wl ii try, uuil struggle, along without any
You Uant phmd me with hash, i
.-mail
liiM> liuw timt iz made, but i don't kuo
l„,w auaila are put lgnorance
iK aed* 'tew be bliss, anti 1 have often'
[bought that It waz, and If i don’t never
know bow sualfa taste i don’t think now
I ahull repent ov it.
, It hez always been n source ov mutch
doubt with me In ml hours ov contem-
lit? v.
alilnahoi ii ,v4hlohiWaZciuatle fust, theaqnil,
tor. big aqellp.lnit A r .1
iittiit, 1 lon’t moau iow bit mttij about it.
tow kbcT nll about things, and then yu
ain’t certain,- but faith iz cheap, and
don’t make enny blunders. '
Sciedce iz smart, but she kant tell yu
what iriakea the flowers blush so meuny
different colors, but phaith kan.
Science on a deth bed iz a plg.my, hut
phaith; iz a giant.
STRIPED SNAKE.
The striped snaft iz one ov the Sllp
peryest jobs that natur ever turned loose.
They travel on the lower sideov them
selfs, and kan slip out ov sight likeblow
ing out a kandle. They were made for
sum good purpose, but 1. never hav bin
informed for wbal, unless it waz tew hav
their heads smashed.
They ore sed tew be innocent, hut they
liave gotn had reputnsliun.
They liv in the ,grass but seldom git
slept ou, bekause they don’t stay long
enuffin the light place.
When 1 was a little boy, aud wore na
ked feet, and was loafing around loose for
strawberrys, i was often, times just a fin
ing tew step on a striped snaik, but it al
wus oured’me of strawberrys.
It a striped snaik got into a
before 1 did, i alwus Uousldqrod that all
the straw.berrye in that lot belonged tew
the snaik.
“ Fust cum, fust sarve,” was mimotto,
I am Just as fraid ov suaike now az 1
waz 40 years ago, and if i should liv tow
be az old az Nebudkennezer waz, and go
tew grass az be-did, one stripod snaik
would spile SOakors ov good pasture for
Wlmmin don’t luv suniks enny more
than i do, and i rospekt.ber for this.
How ou earth Eve was seduced by a
smiik, Iz a fust class mistery to me, ami
ifl hadn’t read In tbe blble i would bet
uHftioat it. , . . . .
* I believe everything Umre \v : in the bl
ble, the things I bunt umleraturul, i be
lleve the must. ■ . . . .
I wouldn’t swop ouh the phaith I huv
eot for any living man’s kuowlege.
B Shalks are all sorts, and all sizes? and
the.smaller they are, the more i am
afrado of them.. , ... . „
I wouldn’t buy a farm tit hart price that
haz a striped snaik ou it. .
Ded snaik are a weakness, with me; i
alawys respekt them, and whenever i see
a ded one in the road, i don t drop a tear
on him; But i drop another stone oti himi,
for fear he mlghtalter his mind and cum
tew life agin, for a snaik hales tew die
. just as mutch as kat duz. .
. ,1 never could uokonnti for a snaik or a
kat hating tew die so bad, unless it waz
bekause they waz an poorly prepared tor
doth.
rarys.
Babys I'luv withallrai heart; they are
ml sweetmeat!), tliey warm up mi blood
like a gin sling, tbe krawl Hito mo m l
nestle by the side ov mi aoul, like a kit
ten under a Cook stove* .
I have raised babys mlself, aud know
what lam talking about. ,
I bav got grandchildren, and they are
WU9B than tbe fuat krop lew riot amung
If 1 could bav mi way, 1 would change
all tbe human beings now on tbe faceov
the earth back into babys at once, and
keep them thare, and make this footstool
one grand nussery but what 1 should do
for wet nussea i don't kno, nor don t
"’’'"would like tew huv 15 banys now on
mi lap, and ml lap ain’t the hundyest
lap in the world for babys, neither.
My lap iz long eiiull, but not tbe wi
dest kind ov a lap.
I am a good deal ov a man, but i kon
sist of length principally, and when i
make a lap ov myselt, It iz not a mat
tress,. but more like a couple of rails with
ailntinthem. . • .
I can hold more babys in my lap at
once, than any man in America,, without
spilling one, but It hurts the babys
I never saw a baby in,mi life that i
didn’t want tew kiss ; 1 am wuas than
an old maid in this respekt. .
Perhaps-tha’re iz, people who don ten
vv me all this, but it izone ov the sharp,
cut, well-defined joy's ov mi life mi love
for babys and their love for me. n
Perhaps thare iz people w.ho will call it
a weakness, 1 don’t care what they call it,
bring on the babys. Unkle Josh has al
- ways a kind word and a kiss.for tle ha
bya. .
I love babys for the truth thare iz in
them, i ain't afraid their kiss will betray
me, their iz no frauds, dcd beats nor
Counterfeits among them.
I wish I was a baby tool only once
more) but forevermore.
SUMNER’S GREAT SPEECH
(Continued from last week.) .
DUTY TO MAKE EXPOSURE
Pardon me if I repeat that it I* my
duty to make this exposure, spreading
before yo.p the proofs of that personal
government which will only pass with
out censure, when it passes without ob
servation. Insisting upon re-eleotion the
President challenges inquiry, and puts
himself upon tbe country. But even if
ble pressure for re-election did not men
ace the tranquility ot the country, t is
important that the personal pretensions
he has set up should be exposed ; that no
President hereafter may venture upon,
such way, and no Senator presume to
defend them. The cose is clear as noon.
Two typical instances in opening this
catalogue I select. Two typical iustuu
ces, uepotl&m and gilt-taking, olllcially
compensated, each absolutely indefensi
ble in the head of a Republican, most
pernicious in example, and showing be
yond question that surpassing egotism
of pretension which changed the Presi
dential office into a personal instrumen
tality not unlike the trunk of an ele
phant, opt for all things small as well as
great, from provision for a relation to en
forcing a treaty on a xeluctaut benatej
ox forclng-i re-election on a reluctant
people-
NEPOTISM OF THE PRESIDENT.
Between these two topical instancea I
hesitate which to place foremost, but
since the nepotism of the President is a
ruling passion, revealing the primary
Instincts of his nature; since it la main
tained by him in utter unconsciousness
of its offensive character; since, instead
of.blushing for it as an unhappy mistake
he continues to uphold it; since It has
been openly defended by Senators on
this floor; and since no true patriot, anx
ious for Republican institutions, can
doubt that it ought to be drlvenwith
hissing and scorn from all possibility of
repetition, I begin with this undoubted
abuse. There has been no ca lof Con
gress for a return of .the relations hold
ing office, stipend or money-making op
portunity under the President. The
country is left to the press for Impor
tant information on this important sub
ject. If there Is any exaggeration the
President is in fault, since, knowing the
discreditable allegations, he has not has
tened to furnish the precis© facta, or, at
least, his partisans have failed in not
calling for the official Information. It Is
evident that any resolution calling for if,
moved by a Senator not known to be for
hla re-election, would meet with oppo
sition, and an effort to vindicate Repub
lican inatitlona would be denounced as
an assault on the President. But the
newspapers have placed enough beyond
ouestlou for judgment on this extraordi
uory case, although thus far there has
been no attempt to appreciate it, especi
ally In the light of history. One list
makes the number of beneficiaries ao
many as forty-twtf, being probably every
person known to be allied to the Presi
dent by blood or marriage* Persons seem
ing to speak for the President, or at least
after careful inquiries, havo denied the
accuracy of this list, reducing It to thir
teen. It will not be questioned that
*
VOL. 59.-NQ-2.
there is at feast a baker's dozen in this
oategoty.- Thirteen relations of the Pres
ident billeted qntbo country, not onp of
whom, but for this relationship would
have.been, brought fortfoid, the whole
constituting a ease,of .fiftAbtlsrpijot un
wofth*, rof' thoee .worst, govemmpnls
whereloffloe is a family possession. Be
yond the list of thirteen are other reve
lations showing that this strange abase
did not stop with the President’s rela
tives, But that these relations obtained
appointments for others in their circle,
so that every relation became a centre of
influence, while the Presidential family
extended indefinitely. 1 Only one Presi
dent has appointed relatives, and that
was John Adams, but he found public
opinion, inspired by the example of
Washington, so strong against it that Bi
ter a slight experiment, he replied to an
applicant, " You know that It is impos
sible for me to appoint my own relations
-to anything without drawing forth a
torrent of obllquy.” [Letter to Benja
min Adams, April 2,1799, John Adams'
works, voh 8, page 031.] The Judgment
of the country found voice in Thomas
Jefferson, who, in a loiter written short
ly after lie became President, used these
strong words: “Mr. Adams degraded
himself infinitely by his conduct on
this subject.” J3ut John Adams, from
one diplomatic place to another, appoin
ted only two relatives. Pray, sir, what
words would Jofleison usp if he were
here to speak on the open and multifari
ous nepotism of our President?
PRESIDENTIAL APOLOGIES 1-OK NEPO-
TJSM,
Without tho avalanche of testimony
against this Presidential pretension it is
only necessary to glance- at the deienses
sometimes set up. For such is the in
sensibility bred by Presidential exam
ple that even this intolerable outrage is
not without voices speaking for the
President, Sometimes it is said that his
salary being far from royal the people
will not scan cU.soly an attempt to help
relations, which, being interpreted,
means that the. President may supple
ment the pettiness of his salary by, the
appointing pbweiv Let John Adams,
who did not hesitate to bestow oflice up
on a few relatives of unquestionable mer
it, judge this pretension. I quote bis
woids: “.Every public man should be
restrained from perquisite not known to
the laws, and should make no claims
upon the gratitude, of the public, nor
ever confer an oflice within, his.patron
age upon a sou, a brother, a .friend, up
on pretense that he is not paid for his
services’ by profits of his oflice.”
It-ls ibpossibie to deny the soundness
of this requirement and its completeness
as an answer to one of the_ Presidential
apologies. *• ' 7 ' '
Sometimes the defender la more auda
cious, insisting openly upon the Presi
dential prerogative without question, un
til we seem to iu.ar in aggravated form
the obnoxious cry, “ To the victor belong
the spoils.”. I did not suppose that this
old cry could be revived in any form,
but since it is heard again, I choose to
expose it, and here I use the language of
Madison, whose mild wisdom has Illu
mined so much of constitutional duty.—
In bis judgment the pretension was odi
ous “that efforts and emoluments were
the spoils of victory, the personal prop
erty oi the successful candidate for. the
Presidency,” and he adds in words not
to be forgotten: • ■.
*» The principle if avowed without the
practice, or practised without the avow
ill, could not fail to degrade any admin
istration—both together completely so.—
[Letter to Edward Cole,. August 29, 1834.
.Letters and writings, vol. iv, p. 35G.
These are strong words. Tne rule in
its early form could not fail to degrade
uuy administration. But now this de
grading rule is extended, and we are told
that to.the President's family belong the
spoils. , ,
Another apology, vouchsafed even on
this floor, is that If .tho president cannot
appoint his relations they alone of all
citizens are excluded from oflice, which,
it is said, should not.be. - But is it not
for the public good that they should be
excluded ? Such was tho wise judgment
of Jefleraod, and such is the testimony
from puother quarter. That eminent
prelate, Bishop Butler, who has given
to English literature oueof its moat mas
terly productions, Unown.ua “ Butler’s
Analogy," after hla elevation to the see
of Durham with its remarkable patron
age, was so self-denying with regard to
his family that a nephew said to him,
“Methinka, my lord, it Is a misfortune
to be related co. you.” Golden words of
honor for the’Euglish bishop ! But none
such have been earned by the American
President.
Assuming this in ease of positive merit
designating a citizen for a particular post
the President might appoint a relation,-
it would be only where the merit was so
shining that his absence would be no
ticed. At least it must be such as to make
the citizen a candidate without regard to
family. But no such merit is attributed
to the beneficiaries of our President,
some of whom have done little but bring
scandal upon the public service. At least
one is tainted with fraud, and another,
with the commission of tho republic
abroad, has been guilty of indiscretions
inconsistent with his trust. Appointed
originally in open defiance of Republi
can principles, they have been retained
In oflice** after their unfitness became
painfully conspicuous. By the tet/timouy
before a congressional committee, one of
these, a brother-in-law, was implicated
in bribery and corruption.
Here 1 leave for the present this enor
mous pretension of nepotism, waiting to
hear, if it can again find an apologist.—
1». there a single Senator who will not
dismiss It to judgment?
GIFT-TAKING, OFFICIALLY. DOMPKNSA-
TED.
From oue typical abuse I pass to an
other. From a dropsical nepotism swol
len to elephantiasis, which nobody can
defend, I pass to gift-taking, with which
our President haq , assumed an unprece
dented form. Sometimes public men
even in our country have taken gifts, but
It is not known that any President before
has repaid the patron with office. Fora
public man to take gifts is reprehenal
i)le • for a President to select cabinet
councilors and other officers among
those from whom he has taken
gifts is an anomaly in Eepublican an
nals, Observe, sir, that I speak of .it
gently, unwilling to exhibit the Indigna
tion which such a Presidential preten
sion is calculated to arouse. The coun
try will judge it, and blot it out as. an
example. .
There have been throughout history
corrupt characters in official station, but
whether in ancient or modern times, the
testimony is constant against the taking
of gifts, and nowhere, with more force
than in our Scripture, Where It is said,
“Thou shall not wrest judgment, thou
shalt not respect persons, neither yikc a
gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the
wise.’ 1 (Deuteronomy, xvi, 10.) Here
is the inhibition and also the reason,
which slight observation shows to be
true. Does not a gift blind the eyes of
the wise? The Influence of gifts is repre
sented by Plutarch in the life of a Spar
tan king:
For he thought those ways of entrap
ping men by gifts and presents, which
other kings use, dishonest and inartifi
cial, and It seemed to him to bo the most
noble method, and moot suitable to
a klhg to win the affections of
those that came near him by per
sohal Intercourse and agreeable con
versation, since between a friend and
a mercenary the only distinction is, that
we gained the oue by our character and
conversation and the other by our mon
ey.” [Plutarch’s Lives; Clough's Edi
tion, von IV, p. 479.]
What is done under the influence 01
gift Is mercenary, but whether from ru
ler to subject or from subject to ruler,
the gift la equally pernicious. An an
cient patriot feared “the Greeks bearing
gifts,” and these words have become a
proverb, but there nrb Greeks bearing
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should be said, " Lend us temp
tation.” . ■ ' , ' 'j■ ; ; 1
examples testify. l Thns. In
thie autobiography of Loriißroughman,
posthumously.published, it appears that
at a great meeting in Glasgow ,C5OO were
subscribed os a gift to him for his public
service, to be put In such form as he
might think best. He hesitated. “It
required," ho records, “ much ootiside
atlon as such gifts were liable to abuse.”
Not content with his own judgment, lie
assembled his friends to discuss It, ‘•Lord
Holland, Lord Erskiue, Romilly and
Baring," and he wrote Earl Grey, alter
ward prime minister, who replied;
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from the Catholics in Glasgow, m no
great value indeed, after we were, turned ,
out. If you still feel scruples:! can on
ly add that it is impossible to err mi the
side of delicacy with respect to matters
of his nature.” It ended in his accept
ing a small gold inkstand.
Ih our country Washington keeps Ida
lofty heights, setting himself against gilt
taking as against nepotism. In LSo,
while in private life, two years after lie
censed to be commander-in-chief of our
armies and four years before he became
President, ho could not be induced to ac
cept a certain amount of canal stock al
tered him by the State of Virginia, as ap
pears ip an oflioial communication :
" It gives mo pleasure to inform yon
that the assembly, without a dissenting
voice,complimentedyou.with fifty shares
In the Potomac company and one bun
dred In the James River company.—
[Washington’s Writings, Vol. ix, p. SS ;
letter of Benjamin Harrison, January;!),
I™. ; ... ■
■ Fully to appreciate the reply of Wash,
ipglon it must be born in mind that,‘ac
cording to Washington Irving, his biog
rapher, “Some degree of economy.was
necessary* for his IlDanciiil affairs hud
suffered during the war; and the pro
ducts of his estate had fallen on - .” But
ho was hot tempted. Thus he wrote;
" How would this matter bo viewed by
the eye of the world, and what would be
its opinion when it comes to be related
that George Washington accepted 4>20-
odo? ‘ ■ . ' . ' ■
Under whatever pretense and however
customarily these gifts are made in other
countries, if I accepted this should I not
henceforward be considered as adepen
dent 7;X never for a moment entertained
the Idea of accepting it ."—lbid., p. 85.
Letter to Benjamin Harris, January
1785,’ , ‘
How admirably ho touches the point
when he asks, “ If I accepted this, should
I not henceforward bo oouaiderad an a
depetirteht? ' According to our Scripture
the gift blinds the eyes ; according to
Washington it makes the receiver a de
pendent? In harmony with this senti
ment was his subsequent refusal when
President, ns is recorded by an ingoiiius
*
“He was exceedingly careful about
committing himself, would receive no
favors of any .kind, and scrupulously
paid for everything. A large house was
set apart for him on Ninth street, on I lie
grounds now covered by the Pennsylva
nia University, which ho refused n, ac
cept.— Colt Forney’s Anecdotes■
By such Instances brought to light re
cently, and shining in contrast witji our
times, we learn to admire anew the-vir
tue of Washington. . ■ ,
B would be easy to show how m all
ages the refusal of gifts has been recogni
zed as the sign of virtue, if not the re
quirement of duty. The story of bit.
Louis of France is beautiful and sugges
tive. Leaving on a crusade lie charged
the queen regent, who remained behind
“ not to accept presents for herself or her
children.” Such was one of the injunc
tions by which this monarch, when far
away on, a pious expedition, impressed
himself upon his country.
My own strong convictions on Una
Presidential pretension were arouapd in
a conversation which It was my privilege
to enjoy with John Quincy Adams, as he
sat in bis sick chamber at his son’s house
in-Boatou, a short time before he fell at
his post of duty in the house of repre
sentatives. In a voice trembling with
age and with emotion, he said that .10
public man could take gifts without per
il, and he confessed that his own judg
ment had been quickened by tho exam
ple of Count Romanzoff, the eminent
chancellor of the Russian empire, who,
after receiving costly gifts from foreign
sovereigns, with whom he had negotiated
treaties, felt a difficulty of conscience in
keeping them, and at last handed over
their value to a hospital, as he related to
Mr. Adams,.then minister to St: Peters
burg. -The latter was impressed by this :
Russian example, and through his long
career, as minister abroad, secretary of*
State, President and representative, al
ways refused gilts, unless a book or some
small article in its nature a token and
not a reward or bribe. *
Nor does the ease of the first secretary
of state differ in character from thn other
three. The President, feeling under per
sonal obligation to Mr. Washburne lor
important support, gave him a compli
mentary nomination, with the under
standing that after confirmation he
should forthwith resign. I cannot for
get the indignant comment ,pf the late
Mr. Fessenden as we passed out of the’
senate chamber, immediately after the
nomination: "Who,” said he, “ever
heard before of a man nominated secre
tary of state merely as a compliment?”
But this is only another case of the pub
lic service subordinated to personal couj
sideratlon-
Not only in the cabinet but iu other
offices there is reason to believe that the
President has been under the influence
of patrons. Why was he so blind lo
Thomas Murphy ? The custom house of
New York, with all its capacity as a
political engine, was handed over
to this agent, whose want of. recog
nition in the republican party was out
balanced by presidential favor, and whose
gifts have become notorious. And when
the demand for his removal was Irresist
ible the President accepted his resigna
tion with an effusion of sentiment natu
ral toward a patron, but without Justifi
cation in the character of tho retiring
bfllcer. .
‘ Shakspeare. who saw Intuitively tho
springs of human conduct, touches more
than once on the operation of the gift.—
"I'll do tho service for so good a gift,"
said Gloster to Warwick. Then, again,
how truly spoke the Jord, who said of
Timon,
" no gift to him '
But breeds tho giver a return exceeding
Ail use of (lulttunco
and such were the returns made by die
President,
Thus much for gift-taking, reciproca
ted by office. The instance is original
and without precedent in our history.
I have now completed the survey of
the two typical instances—nepotism and
gift taking ofllcidlly compensated—iu
which we are compelled to see the Pres
ident. In these things he shows him
self. Here is no portrait drawn by cre
do or enemy; it is the original who
stands forth saying, “ Behold the gen
erosity X practice to my relations at the
expense of the public service, also the
gilts I take, and then my wily of reward
ing tho patrons always at the expense o
the public service. 1 ' In this open exhi
bition wo see how die Presidency, in
stead of a trust, has become a perquisite.
Bad as are these, two capital instances,
and Important Is die condemnation, is
that they may not become a precedent, I
dwell on thorn now as illustrating the ad
raintralion. A President that can do such
things and not recognize at once tho er
ror he has committed, shows that supop
emlnence of egotism under which con
stitution, international law, and,munici
pal law, to soy nothing of republican
government in its primary principles, are
all subordinated to the presidential will,
and this is personal government. Add
au insensibility to the honest convictions
of others, and you have a characteristic
Incident of this pretension.
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