lie did or not—awned twice but ex
pEe:,:,ed no opinion in works.
" I mean, are you any part of a
lawyer 3" resumed our fair barrister.
know all about the lawyer's
bm,iness, ma'am."
" Very good ! You must cooperate
with me to dispatch all the items here
named with the least possible delay.
1 %%ill test your knowledge a little, if
you please. What is habeas corpus ?"
" A writ for delivering a person from
'falso imprssnnment or from one'court
to another !" said Torn, promptly.
" Very qood. What about the
!wit; ca , :e."
"I made it out last evening, ma'am."
"You acted very properly. Next
comes a writ of replevin. '
"That's all ready—finished it just
as you came in."
" I am glad that you tended to your
busbies Tom. ' I'll speak u good word
tbr you to my husband."
" Thank yeti. Mrs. Crosby."
Two things disposed of, then—
habeas corpus and the writ of vplev
in. Do you know our pretty seam
aress, Tom ?"
Mr. Pettifogger colored to the very
climax of his forehead. and said
"y-e-s," in a very peevish manner.
" Help me, Tom, and I'll help you.
Have you had a quarrel with that
young lady lately 1"
" Day bel;nre yesterday—and—and
—l'm afraid she won't come round
right again."
"Never fear ; her round
in no time, Tom ; hut—but—l must
get through with the li-st."
" I'll put you clear _through it by—
by—"
" Ali, Tom, don't swear I"
" Well, I don't know what all this
moans : but blast m:•—that ain't swear
ing, ma'am—if I don't do my best for
you in any way you name."
" Mare aret is a fine girl—next comes
the cptit-laim deed. You have blanks
ready to fill up, doubtlis; ?"
Rxactiv !"
"I)ip your pen, dash it off," added
- .11r.;. Crosby.
While Pettifogger was filling up the
deed for Styles, in popped Captain
:.,aunders to take advice concerning
an action for damages brought against
hith by James Jones.
" My husband is not in at this mo
ment, Captain," said Mrs. Crosby.—
"Please sit down and wait a little
while."
Now, our heroine was a very pretty
woman, aad had exceedingly captivat
ing manners, which %+ero gooerally
• pleasing to the other sex. The cap
tain was not at all averse to " waiting
awhile" with much satisfaction.
"Please tell me something aboutthis
difficulty of yours, Captain. I should
like to I .. nii‘v the pafticulars, fordo you
know that I have studied law exten
sively myself ?" continued the lawyer's
wife, with a pleasant smile.
S2unders was quite ready to relate
his troubles to such a listener, and so
s riightway unbomed himself. It
appeared that his neighbor Jonc3'
swine had trespassed upon his grounds,
de.,troying at certain times, sundry
quantities of corn and potatoes, and
to indemnify himself,' he had shot
one of said quadrupeds, for which act
the owner had brought an action.
" I can tell you what to do Ivith this
case precisely as well as the lawyer
himself," said Mrs. Crosby; smiling
still mrire pleasingly. " What wasthe
animal worth, do you suppose ?" she
resumed.'
Jest atout six dollars, Mrs. Cros-
EZSI
What do you imagine the whole
r ffiair will cost if it goes to trial 1"
--- Twenty-live or thirty dollars, per
hap;."
Then the cheapest way will be to
—tn leave me ten dollars, and I'll set
tle the ca . se, Captain." added the lady,
with a smile that was -really bewitch
ing.
The captain mused a moment, and
then exclaimed, " I'll do it ! Blew me,
if I don't believe you can
. settle it if
\ any body can I"
The ca in left the money and de
parted The moment lie was gone a
nots---as dispatched to farmer Jones,
•"Teriesting him to step to the office.
While Tom was engaged on the writ
of Brown versus Smith, Jones made
his appearance, and the swine affair
way settled for -seven dollars. t
The letter. of Miss Bright were-ex
ambled, and nothing like a prnmise of /
marriage. could be made out of them. 1
Mrs. Crosby immediately wrote to
that young lady, advising her to drop
the prosecution of the case, as there
was no reaonable hope of her suc
ceeding if the letters were the only
evidence in the premises. Higgins'
bill was sent, and Toni wrote a threat
ening letter to Thompson; but how
was she to " terrify Joe Bunker"—the
item next on the programme ?
"Nothingeasier," said Tom. "Write
and tell him his case will come on in a
few days; that will bringhim right to
a settlement."
Pettifogger was instructed to write
a note to that effect, and also respect
• fully invite Col. Drummer to call and
• .sstttle Major Green's bill. As the wit
liad not come to depose in the
case, Wiggins versus Briggs,
the fair lawyer and willing clerk passed
on to the next item.
" u get4ip an issue between Town
send and Ferris. Don't that mean a
quarrel. Tom I"
• J ust that," said Tom.
.. ♦Nell, then, I . e,t us prevent it, by
means."
"We have only to let it stand as it is, then,
for they are peaceable fellows that won't quar
rel of themselves."
" Distress the Widow Sanborn comes next;
is that right, Tom ?"
" The squire had orders to lay an attach
ment on all her things," said Torn, byway of
explanation.
For what ?"
"Because she can't pay some kind of a
humbug bill brought against her by that swin
dler Sampson."
" Can this unjus3 action be quashed 7"
"It ought to be, at any rte.. It, can be put
off long enough to give the widow warning of
what is going on, so that she can put her
things out of his reach," replied Tom.
" Pettifogger, you are a treasure! Just- run
over and give the widow a sly piece of advice,
and then 1 will help you make out damages in
the case of Folger and Folsom.
It was thus that Mrs. Crosby went on, and by
noon, with the able assistance of Torn, had
reached the 4hree last items, viz : " Kick
Bill Buzzleton (of the firm of Buzzleton and
Buggs) out of the office ; browbeat Mrs. Chan
dler, and tweak Johnson's nose."
" Now, as none of these persons'are present
what am I to do 1" inquired Mrs. Crosby, look-.
iug archly at Tom. •
" Why, just as the squire would—wait till
they come in."
Exactly: but it is now abOut the hour of
dinner. and it people can't come in at proper
business hours, how can they expect to be
kicked down stairs, browbeaten, or tweaked? •
So, my young friend, we will go to dinner.—
You will not be wanted this afternoon, there
fore you need not return to the office, but
amuse yourself in any way you please—by go
ing to see Margaret perhaps. Lock the office
and give me the key; I won't forget your
services."
On her return our gentle attorney met -her
seamstress, and having some work to- consult
hey about, asked her home to ditmer. As
pen as she entered the house, she knocked
at the door and said, " Ready for dinner."
What a ludicarons spectacle met her vision.
Mr. Crosby with the segments of a squash in
one hand and a potato in tho other.
" I have biought a friend home to dinner,
Mr. Crosby," added the lady.
" The deuce you have !" cried the lawyer,
elevating two notoriously smutty eyebrows,
half in vexation, half in wonder, at hi wife's
gravity.
" How soon will dinner be ready "I" she con
tinued, drawing forth her watch with the air
of one in a hurry.
"Judging from present appearance, it will
be on the table in about an hour and a half
from this time;" said the new housekeeper,
opening the even door to look at the meat,
which was not blistered yet with the heat.
" As there is only two of us, Mr. Crosby, I
cannot listen to any. excuse for this unpardon
able delay. For my part I cannot see what
you have found to employ yourself about !"
" . Come, Mrs. Crosby, don't exult until your
work has been inquired into. There is such a
thing as crowing before one is out of the
woods."
"It you refer to my office business, I am
very glad to be able to inform you that it is
successfully accomplished, and I have half a
day to spare," replied the lady, consulting her
watch.
"The habeas corpus—" began Mr. Crosby.
" And the writ of replevian 7" interrupted
Mrs. Crosby.
"And the Saunders case ?" !wailed the
lawyer.
" And the threatening letter 7" chimed in
the lady.
" The land case, and the breach of promise
affair 7"
"All attended to, sir, as well as she 'Buz
zleton, of the firm of Buzzleton and Buggs.
" Ha! ha! no, no ! you can't put that load
on to me, Mrs. Crosby! Where's Tom 7"
" Locked the office and sent him off—did
not want him—he will be back to-morrow !"
" I said Tom, sir. And now have you at
tended to the cases which I left for yon.
Ahem! let's see. Are the dishes washed,
closets in order, shelves wiped down, knives
cleaned, stove blacked, fire kept bright, hall
swept, stairs brushed, parlor swept and dusted,
lamps trimmed, chamber work done—
" Hold on, Mrs. Crosby, for heaven's sake !
No woman alive could do all of that, in one
foemoon!"
" Beg your pardon; before you is a %co-.
man who has done it every forenoon.for years.'
" For only two of us 1"
"For only two of us, Mr. 'Ciosby."
" Are you a woman of veracity, Mrs. Cros
by 7" asked the lawyer, with a smile.
"No gentleman has yet presumed to call it
it into question," responded the lady, with a
slght inclination of the body.
" Then I give it up and make a graceful sur
render of these premises."
" And only two of us ?"
" Mrs. Crosby, I beg your pardon. I think
that I am a little wiser than I was this morning;
I assure you upon the honor of a gentleman,
that I will never speak disparagingly of wo
man's duties again. Two of us,l find, make
considerable work, enough at east for one
little wife to . perform."
"You are pardoned on the spot. And let
me assure you that I do not regret this day's
experience; and perhaps the Widow Sanborn
and saveral other persons will not."
" And your humble servant among the num
ber," replied the lawyer, bowing.
We have only to add that the lawyer kept
his word, that Tom Pettifogger married the
pretty seamstress, and " only two of us" was
never used except as a pleasant jest.
1:37' The following, clipped from the
(Ind.) Locomotive, we give with great
pleasure, as it makes 'very gratifying
mention of our young townsman, Mil
ton A. French. Mr. French isa young
man of ability and 'promise, and will,
we doubt not, do honor to his native
tow n
" A great Celebration of the 4th of July,
and of the Sabbath Sphools of Marion county,.
will be held this coming 4th at Laneaville,
"The de!egatet of the numerous schools met
on Saturday, the lath of Jtine, when numer
ous and extensive arrangements were made
for the occasion.
" A free dinner will be 'carved up east of
the village in the grove, where the fat of the
land will he displayed in abundance, and where
all may eat and be filled. The services of the
finest music the country affords, will be pro
cured for the occasion.
"Mr. M A. French, the Children's Speaker,
from Condersport, Penna., is engaged as the
principal speaker of the day; the greater part
of his remarks will be directed to the children.
Other digiugnished gentlemen will follow
with reci s tvk.. We esvect that Mr. French
will give /one of his No. 1 speeches on the
occasion.
The Norfolk (Va.) Argus, says:—
" The class of writings from which
the South has most to apprehend, are
szlool books and works of religious
instruction."
B&cox says justly, the beet part of beauty is
that wh.ch a picture cannot express. •
THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL,
JNO. S. bIANN, / EDITORS
EDWIN HASKELL,
FIDELITY TO THE PEOPLE.
COUDERSPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1854
la' The Executive• Committee of
the Free Democracy of Potter county
will nieet for the transaction of im
portant business, • at die office of .A.
G. Olmsted, Esq., on Saturday after
noon, July 15th, at four o'clock. It is
earnestly hoped that every member of
the Committee will attend. The fol
lowing persons compose said COmmit
tee : A. G. Olmsted, Esq., Hon. 0. A.
Lewis, H. S. Heath, M. Ostrander, W.
H. Hydorn, A.F.Jones, G. G. Colvin,
Lucas Cushing, and H. L. Bird.
j:l 6 ORLANDO LUND, of Ithaca, N.
Y., will attend the session of Eulalia
Division S. of T. to-morrow evening.
It is hoped there: will be a full attend
ance of. the members.
1.7' "Nothing sets so wide a mark
between a vulgar and a noble soul, as
the respect and reverential love of the
woman-kind. A man who is always
sneering at woman is generally a
coarse profligate or a coarser bigot."
ar "A man's first care should be
to avoid the reproaches of his Own
heart; his next to escape the . ceusures
of the world."
1"" The Washington Union pre
dicts that at the next election in New-
York "the friends of the Administra
tion will roll up a large majority."
The Louisville Journul makes replica
tion that "they will not roll up any
thing but the whites of their eyes!" .
fgr A gang of slaveholders haire
held a- meeting at Fort Leavenworih,
and resolved themselves in favor of
squatter sovereignty for all but abo
litionists. To. these they "afford, no
protection." One of • their resolves
declares that. "we recognize the insti
tution of slavery as already existing
in the terruory, (Ku/bas t ) and recom
mend to slaveholders to introduce their
property as early as possible."
Lar" We give on the fourth page,
another article in relation to "hay-ma
king," which we *think mill be inter
esting and profitable to every intelli
gent faimer who will read it.
0 3 " Another company in the army
of Temperance has been organized in
this. county. Honeoy e Lodge of Good
Templars, located in Sharon TOwn
ship, near Mr. Sherman's, was insti
tuted on Wednesday evening,' June
21st, by D. G. W. C. R. L. Nichols.
Twenty members were initiated the
first night, and these are among the
most supstantial citizens in that sec
tion of the county. They know no
such word as fail, and we feel as if the
good cause in this county was greatly
strengthened by the institution of Hon
poy Lodge under such favorable aus
piceS. Nelson Parmenter, Esq., is the
efficient W. C., and he is supported by
, officers of the right stamp. The Lodge
meets Tuesday evenings, and will be
happy to give a cordial Welcome to
all visitors that will give them a call.
There are noiv ten Lodges of G. : T.
in this county, all in •good working
• order. "Alcohol must die," that is.
certain, and we beg the men who are
disgracing themselVes by the sale of
the villainous poison, to heed the
voice of publicsentiMent. The busi
ness of drunkard making grows more
and more odious, and must be aban
doned.
To one who said, "I do not believe there is
an honest man in the world," another replied,
"It is impossible that one- man should know
all the world, but it is quite possible that one
man should know himself."
. .
Our friend of the Crawford Democrat might
catch an idea from the above, if he would
labor hard. When a man ascribes selfish.
motives to others, it is -not difficult to tell the
kind of influence which would be the most
effective with him.—Conneaufsillc Courier.
There are one or two individuals in
this community who "might catch an
idea" from the above.
GRAHAM for July contains an arti- .
tide upon the Coal Region of Penn
sylvania, which will be read with sat
isfaction by all such as take an intrest in
acquiring knowledge respecting the
vast mineral.resources of this State.
Lewis. Mann has. just received a
fresh supply of Summer Goods, which
people coming to town from dire country
fot the purpose of trading would do
well tocall and examine.
=malt coNSIEBTENCY._
Fifty thousand of the bone and
sinew of Massachusetts assembled in
the city of Boston for the purpose 'of
uttering their protest against the • re
turn of Bums to Slavery; and of
these men the Irish rebel; JouNlsiticu;
ELL, writes as follows:
"But if the TRAITORS only received their
desert in this world, the position to which
they would be elevated is a gallows higher than
any steeple. We rejoice that so far the majesty
of. the . law has been ultimately vindicated,.
even at the point of the bayonet; but it would
receive a higher and more salutary vindica
tion, if the ,REBELS HAD BEEN SHOT
DOWN LIKE DOGS ; and to this complexion
it must come at lime
Thus does a COMict, who is pro
tected from a British dungeon by the
clemency of AmeriCans, rave about
and insult the best men in - Amirica;
and not one old hunker, from Maine
to Louisiana.; lisps a word of disappro
bation. But when a sou of the Emer-
ald Isle, whose reputation is unstained,
and whose intelligence and more
worth is far superior to the tools o
party who foam at his manliness, ex
presses, his sorrow at the stab just
given to Liberty in his adopted coun
try, by the tolling of a bell on the
most appropriate of all ditys—the day
on which the Nation proclaimed the
glorious principle that all mon have a
right to be free—and the whole. pack
of Slavites show their cars by making.
use of all the epithets that men schooled
in vulgarity can invent. According
to the Slavites it is all right for JOHN
MITCHELL, the Ithh felon, to desire to
see all opponents of the fugitive slave
bill " SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS," but it is
an outrage, meriting instant punish
ment at the hands of a mob, for a
young Irishman of .unspotted reputa
tion to express his sorrow it- the re
peal of the Missouri Compromise, by
tolling a bell on the Fourth of July.
This is hunker consistency. such as
it has always shown itself. -
Another thing: It was a terrible
outrage to toll the l'cll finr sorrow at
the .disgrace just brought upon our
country by the doughfaces of the North,
who pretend to be democrats, but it is
an innocent amusement for unprinci
pled roadies, while pretending to grat
. ify their patriotic feelings in throwing
fire-balls, to make an efFort to damage
a citizen's house by throwing fire-balls
squar'e into the windows, and against
the building. • This , villainous
,act not
a single old hunker in town has con
demned, that we are aware of. Why
should they'? When men become so.
low as to defend Slavery and the Fu
gitive Slave bill, and to acquiesce in
the repeal of the Missouri Compro;
. mise; how can it be , expected they
will act like, honorable men about any
thing'!
Of the larger number who thre.w
fire-balls on the evening of the Fourth,
only a very few committed the outrage
lierei spoken of. Most of them threw
their balls in such a? way as to endan
ger no buildings; but three or four
(one of whom was engaged in a seren
ade one night at the close of our spring
election, some years ago,) threw their
balls deliberately against the building
in which our printing office is kept.
We should not have noticed this
• small manifestation of rowdyism, if
our hunker neighbors had not .gone
into: hysterics at the tolling of the bell..
The Court House bell was tolled at
our;request. We did it because we
thought the Congress of the Nation
had trampled under foot the principles
first proclaimed on the Fourth of July.
We submit that all the bells of the
Free States ought to be tolled on
every returning Fourth, until the in
famous Nebraska bill is repealed, and
our. Congress lives up to the Declare
tion that airmen have . a naturals and
inalienable right to Liberty. if this
be treason, then make the most of it.
J. S. M.
The Washengton Union is in a pain
ful 'worry because there is a proposi
tion before the people of Connecticut
to ;allow colored men the right of
voting. With its usual sapience, the
Union detects in the proposal a dread
ful! scheme of the "enemies of the
Constitution," who "demand not only
the overthrow of our political institu
tions, but the destruction of the safe
guards of society, and the inaugura
tion of the worst practice of their
arteful creed." What practices - of
Union means does not clearly appear,
but we can comfort it with the assu
rance that there isdao danger of the .
introduction in Cannezticut of any
practices" so fo'ul and villainous as
the prevalent amalgamation of blacks
and whites in th ziouih, and the sul--
sequent sel(:.g of the n!i.pring •of
such licentious unions by their own
fathers and lialf-brutbero.—Tr,bune.
TEN POMELIT m OinanbinatT.
The day on which this Nation first
proclaimed the glorious principle that
all men have a right to be free, was
appropriatelyc elebrated in Couders
port. Since the pas Sage of the Ne
braska , swindle, and the•complete tri
umph of slarery, it must be apparent
that rejoicing -on the fourth of July
would ; be mere mockery; and so, in
stead of the firing of cannon, the ex-
ercises hero were commenced at pre-
cisely half past four- by the tolling of
the Court House bell.
Thi4 was followed by a hearty round
of swearing on the part of the Doug
lashes; who said they wanted to, fight
'somebody, but as the friends of liberty
are generally too good natured to Hurt
any one, a row was impossible. Then
some ,of the more violent allies of
slavery wanted to hang themselves
for the good of the country, we sup
Pose; but as drinking is unpopular,
and liquOr scarce, it w•as impossible
to get up steam for anything clespe-
rate, and so the Town resumed its
usual quiet about eight o'clock.
Jut 4 before this, however, and while
the Neb-rascals were swearing tern-
bly, and threatening N . what they would
do, if another attempt to toll the bell
should be made, a solemn peal came
sounding forth, to the great satisfaction
of the mass of our citizens, and to the
utter discomfiture of the slavite's.
All manner of threats . were. made,
which only showed how silly some
folks'can make themselves in the ser
' vice of slavery. After this, those'pa
triotic citizens, who swear by their
country, "right or wrong," and who
careinothing about the tyranny of the
Slave Power, gave vent to their feel
ings by firing the anvil, to which no
body objected that we are aware of,
although quite a . nuntber thought the
denionstration would he quite as appro
priate in some other country as in
America. -
There is ono reflection suggested
by this rich affair, to which we ask the
attention of every honest reader.
The men who got so terribly ex
cited •because the bell was tolled on
the fourth of July, though old line
Democrats, every man of them pro
fessed to believe the attempt to repeal
the 1 Missouri Cdmpromise a great out
rage; and . Yet, when that outrage was
consummated, they said not a word in
condemnation of the mA f who did it.
The National faith-was dishonored, a
solemn compact disregarded, the vie
I gin soil of Nebraska thrown Open to
the; curse of slavery, the Declaratin
of Independence trampled under foot,
and yet the patent democrats of Cou
dersport were a; indifler ent as if only
a- common occasion had taken place ;
but because an opponent of this great
swindle, in the exercise of an un
doubted right, expressed his solemn
convictions at the death of Liberty in
Kansai by the tolling of a bell, there
is no bound to their rage and denun
ciation. And this is the genuine spir
it Of hunkerism: Whoever shall have
Ore audacity to mourn over the death
of :,Liberty so far as Congress is con
cerned, according to hunkerism is to
be i " crushed out" of existence, his
property destroyed, and his character
slandered by vulgar scurrillity that
no decent man would use.
This attempt has been boldly made
throughout the country. Started in
Washington, for the purpose of de
stroying Sumner and his - fearless asso
ciates, the lackeys of the administra
tion every where are , acting up to
their instructions. As arguments will
not accomplish this purpose, there is
a systematic effort going on all over
theitouktry, to accomplish by threats
andwiolence, a work, in favor of
'which, no arguMent can be used.
We greatly mistake the temper of
the American people, if this plan can
be made to work. Judging from
what occurred here on the fourth, we
must conclude it will amount to no
ling but one grandfizzle.
ItESISTANCZ TO UNJUST LAWS
This is a subject that deserves more
attention than it has heretofore re
ceived; but the enforcement of the
fugitive' slave bill will compel a dis
cussion of the whole question of how
far order-loving, conscientious citizens
May go in resisting an unjust and
tyrannical law.
Before the passage of that most
odious of all bills, that denies the rights
of trial by jury end the writ of habeas
corpus, we adopted the Quaker prin.
ciple on this subject, to wit.: a refun
to take pan in - enforcing a wicked
law, and a quiet submission to itz
penalties for any non-observance. We
are not yet fully persuaded that active
resistance is justifiable, but. the Boston
outrage cannot be repeated very often
without revolution.
The New-York Indepindent has had
several very able ankle's on the sub
"ect, which we Have read with great"
interest, and we make the following
extract from a late one, which we
commend to the dispaisionato-attention
of all
We record with great pleasure the refusal
of Mr. JosErn K. HarEs, of Boston, a re
sponsible officer of the police in that city, to
have anything to do with the execution of a
law which ho justly calls infamous, and his
consequent resignation of an office of pecu
niary benefit to himself; the moment he was
required to assist in such infamy. He threw
up that office, because, like Valerius Messala,
he found himself incapable of exercising a
power incompatible with public freedom.
The following is the simple record of this
man's honorable act. Let it be put side by
side with the slave-commissioner Loring's la-
bored and halting apology for his own yierity,
and, forsooth, companionate interposition, In
consigning a trembling viitinm of oppression
back to the misery . cf hopeless slavery, in
order that the merciless cruelty might not ba
inflicted by any more. merciless judge! Can
hounds be put -to a more detestable and de- -
grading work, when they hunt fUgitive negroes
through a rice-swamp, than men are put to, k
here at the North, when made to fasten on
the fugitives, and hunt them back into bond
age? We should like to ace a well-drawn
caricature of such a bun-dog beast in the
shape of humanity, a blood-hound - with a
man's face, or a platoon of such creatures,
sweeping in full cry under the v. hip of a situ.
ilarhound-like marshal.
Joseeti. K. Hays, Captain of one of the
police stations, resigned his office in a let er of
which the following is a copy
• •
" Ilosvos, Inn° 2, 18:14.
"To His Ilonar the Mayor, and thc..ilderman •
of the City of Boston :
"Through all the excitement attendant upon
the arrest and trial of the fugitive, by the
United States Government, I have not re
ceived an order which I have deemed ineou- • '
sistent with my duties as an Officer of the . .
Police, until this day, at which time I have
received an order, which, if performed, would
implicate me jn the execution of that infamous
' fugitive-slave bill.'
" I therefore resign the office which I now
ho'd as Captain of the Watch and Polite from
this hour, I 1 o'clock A. M.
" Must respectfully yours,
"JOSEPH K. harass'
Now, if this noble example were followed,
there wont(' be an end to 'these atrocities..
The fugitive-slave law. would die quietly,
would'drop, from very marasmus, into a dis
honored but peaceful grave, there being no.
more possibility of executing such a law, be
cause an upright conscience and love of free
dom and feeling of humanity are too universal
to make it possible that any creature can be•
found sufficiently destitute of these elements
of a noble nature, to be the tool for such in
justice and cruelty. A simple refusal on all '
hands to execute the mandates of tyranny,
would put to an end the tyranny - itself. It is
only because unjust and unrighteous law ran
find executors, that it is ever passed, or ever
successful. If every man placed the authority
of conscience and of God superior to man's -
- there would be no more despotism,
no more legalized oppression, no more vast
mid sweeping - injustice on the earth. The
fiercest tyrant would be helpless, the most
savage despotism would be palsied, among a
people who were all too virtuous, too COllJet
entious toward God, and too regardful of one.
another's rights, to submit to be- the tools for
the execution of a cruel purpose. If es-en a.
few among the leader; of a people will ex
hibit such a spirit, their freedom is safe. -
Hence the expediency, the wisdom, . of diso
bedience to unjust Jaw, as well - as he neces
i city and duty of such disobedience, under the
supreme authority of God, as the peaceful.
I bat thoroughly effective' mode of overturning
tyranny, and putting an end to all unrighteous
legislation. It only needs the profieind con
viction in any government, that there is too
much independence, conscience, and virtue
in the people to render the execution . of unjust
law possible, and that will prevent the govern.
ment from ever promulgating such law. In
stant, unwavering, and inuntuable resistance
to unjust law, in every ,instance, is the - most
perfect security for the power of law, just and
righteous law, and none other ought ever to
be executed. That people :will be for ever
the most law-abiding people among whom the
execution of any - unrighteous law is the most
absolutely impossible. But every instance of
unjust - law successfully executed, is so much
diminution of the sacredness and stability of
all law, and co much declension from law to
, anarchy. Every instance of unjust law sue
eels:fully executed is a preparation of the peo
ple for - despotism, and not a strengthening-of
the power of a just government. It is a pre
paration for the subversion of all gove amens
by law, and the establishment of a lawless
tyranny jin its stead. Hence God says, in his
own Word. describing this very progress of it
people to despotism. and ruin, by their own
baseness in being willing to obey unfghteous
statutes, "Ephraim is oppressed and bruises,
because he willingly walked after the comm and
ment," the unrighteous commandment,vwhick
he ought to have disobeyed •, and if he had
disobeyed it, thus preserving' his allegiance to
God, be would have preserved his own free
dom, and the privileges of an independent
people, unbroken. But the people were de.
stroyed, because of their ready and willing
obedience to unjust law. C,
CONEaSTENCY
We heard not long since of the instituting
of a Lodge of Good Templars in arum tavern
in one of the " southern tier" counties. While
the instituting was going on in the room above,
liquor-selling was flourishing below. To cap
the proceedings. they wound off with a dance.
Why will Tempeiance men be so heedless
and inconsistent I Take away the sustaining
inflbences which they thus throw around the
traffic, and the work of shutting up grog-shops
would be half accomplished. No cause cal
extend its influence and command respect, if
its advocates are continually giving "aid ual
comfort" to the enomy.—Csii..egc. Chief.
Wo have had occasion to speak of
such inconsistency on the part ofactive
Temperance men in this county. We
hope the day is not distant when "aid
and comfort" to the enemy will celiac ,
to be furnished by all good citizens.
Attending parties of pleasure, and
sumptuous dinners, at public houses
where drunkard-making is a regular
business, is something that ought to
Iniagablu!..h to the cheek of any friend
of Temecratlce.
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