VOL: VII
Orintnarli.prtrp.
LITTLE lIAGGrE
A 'lnto f.tory.—Delicated to Trl..-it.
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Down the city's windssweptt street,
The missionary's tire'es feet
Trod, where d tintier men wou'd shrink
From ah.gae-struck nmery's noisome brink.
The FOITSI City spread :shove
Its bra id-armed, hl:tie-C.:llll%lCrt.r, grove ;
But down the river's tree:ess bank,
With Mill s-rewn and arc clank—
.
Dingy with 'he coal smotte s taain—
L oat h:cum wi h the ci y's drain = -
From the cheerful !own abace,
Came that messenger of bat c..
The iron seed inte m :tie tossed
I n pr.de eon:: the track he crossed;
The hemmer' , s.roke and et:gives tin
C:anged front NV cainach.ne-shops grim,
‘Vhi.e jint zeros. the mire z. enet ,
Were hov e 6 td. the it feet.
All rigged and awry they
And sh Ikea; with an: ere fit. •
When the wind, wt it hinqry road,
Beats the Lake upon shne,
Or dr.re: the sharp-edg d flakes of snow
Thro . el en cr. ck Iv here they cmgo;
Here, atu.d the ti. h nd din,
Sit dranken :and Sin: •
The firs: no hone 4 itr.de makes bright—
The las - , all naked. s reek: .lie
But here, from 0:1: these dens of shame.
These of vice, olceh have no n-tme,
The missionary's toil 11. s but%
A host of cht.drea to be laugh:. .
o.thi'd7ei! if WI: eve. are hr gh'
'With he hotne-hear Ii•s• geni izlef • -
If soar Ghee arc Zvi h red.•
And smoo :Ton e eh he d
Jf you have mnnent war a and Ilea.,
And friend , is oar ice:
Wha hnk r.f:h:ragged c.ew
That 11,:n drew?
No kind v hand II d e'er
COrnbed on the ,i, hey wore:
g e n r Li!: •••r• L ow d liinnd
Tho‘e ragged Cl:; :I• 1:h arA ned,
And in I new-hp'ccc.
Washed mi".ll::(ri:•..ii :Ind -.:ch f :ce.
Poor e). d:en : d heen,
in all ,he-r nice and c ciii
How ndd :n :h•`tn lLe , e'ltqi . •7“:.M . S 1001;!
]Ion• oelv to heal .0 h $ d n h.,.,',:!
The2,'d been 3 :111 , ,g 11., V - C r, s h oo l f ,
But never cute,! .!n•:: v om e rt. Les;
Thev'd been to • r rt.z.vd f.r befo:e •
To enter att- :$ll it rut doer.
The c d n
Lnned ,%1 •: 1) c • : in. he ;vali,
Ana hng :0 :Ha 11 , :1... - onderi.•; P c.),
IV: h elfzer -t- new -uritt.re,
i c e an.zb
Sah iiar 11.• 11.!; h n 17:1 6 :
c .it LI h I raised,
e *, • e r s u un -g zei
IVilh 3 Ith V.V. t. I HT, ire.
A h a te t-Le: —eu:
fle .s:OppCetlt2z lOn'd he cyclic—
A nrc.c htzh a e: fi• .
And nt e: eh hc: c
A ihn•z-i a,ll. he f me:
:!., ..ecn
Back to h f. ler.] e c:mg
And d. 1).
Fre , h.tr lie: .
And e irnes.d-z •;„:11 , Ed,
Dr. Mc Magz e ,
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I;ut :11agg'y h d ni it a f.nr,
Which a gh ,1 ca ek: nest:
Fear !Le h
31igh: 6,1011 be
of .I.e g 3 2 :0r nnnu.
p :.II Fa,- a I'M. ;,
"Life v.:o= : '
'And c.
J ~' .J l~.l'
One hezi of sod,
And .hr pate h .he rod—
Of the ;:Pat :o%e for :c I.
I.ly it ,o %%ho:11 c;,,h %I , y knelt,
And 'h . . eve I
In ever: h.m.-nud
God my frier d ! :s . ;ed Yagzic.s then,
e fa, hP.r be v. e and c.,:rne,
Whi:e ;14iin , • a her he Ining e.
A grea: new
.s!—And >he :id ilnre.
And in the s:ree , . rd. cr.-.- . ;:r.ert !"
"Ye , . evervt‘ : it • .e::clier s id,
And :aid its 6lnd on IT ;
Sh, eitsi ed I.cr h n ,f in prayer—
" he fn. al Ira vs et e e !
And ail .trio' ;de
Be alwais,c. ervv. fr end ?"
"Ye,. :I,wav4. evervwll , ro.
To all, hi.; tr::e
Then 11;igg.e . ., vo:ce greti d year :.nti
Az a.ked :he .reath leg y and = ow:
"And .o the (Mug.. 11.1 d
"Yes. dar.ing. - ye.i the .e •i :ter said.
Great. tears ‘ve:e ro:;ing down her cheek,
Her e-gor look and me , ;
One 'ong-dra,..t, -igh d •Ter-rd Ler
And her 11,1 e g'irilvd oil: in :ears.
'Two. wera she ierror , :hen,
For 31:,g,7,:e never cane ; g.ivi.
On her wee chef!. rag-at de bed.
'Was pi:lotted up her en-h head.
And every..n:ln- ,ou It wait) b:ea It
Breathed:hrn . her lurt2, a taint tit' death,
For e.ektiets fa - erred here like crime,
1141 nua• heap, und nvets
And cho er t. g:oxn fie.ee and bu:tl,
Had se:zed wi h a de-per.t.e ho:d.
She Ftrogg'ed -rf.t!
On .he or del h s d eh ism—
The agany grew s roag and w,.d,
Vet it dim' ed no the eh, d ;
And when its :ung. emy.l, On ra , ,sed,
St‘ee... 31-leg e knew a tva her :as.:
She raisetin r d :n and 7 z nz ctc,
"Mu he:. I'm g ad ',is time in (he!"
"'Who gud .n die 31i chid! my chi'd!"
"Ye;, um her, g ad, - Ate slid, :.nd tuni:cd;
"G.,,d, that for me .hera is - up ett:e—
I hare ticlen h trey,, ci, d, and poor
Alt thro' .he d ,y of life:
I'm weary of i.s cud e;,s s.rre,
But ZIOIV I go to ;op nn..o d,
;Neer M be hungry snore, or co'd—
Tr, leuiti i;nd s hr gh - -
Nfo.her, .'m a ;.d in say g• o I n . alTt!"
"But do you-hi/Az wha you have said?"
Migg.e r.t...,e1 up d :mg head—
" Sty te icier I/ ,o J za,;,
And Je , tti is le ing ma mt.:. righ here
And she laid her haul on lie: :can's warm
tide,
Then sunk on her pillow, and s:ni:ei, and
ditd!
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The following passage frota.Rev. HEFitt .
boon of immOrtality -ftir:".;uch an 'it n-
WAUD BEECHER'S proadway Anti:Slavery -
baptized monster-1 . NO: It - inaY lie
lecture expresses our Olvn feelings in re:ation bap tized - -
- • , • to ravage, our heritage a few days,,but
to the American party so . fully and so . elo
there is a spirit of-liberty that .lives
quently that we take pleasure intransferring -
: cis, and that iballliye. And
them to the Journal. W e call the attention of
among
aroused by that spirit, that; - shall
the Harrisburg Herald to_theseseniments,:as
tritino Uplte'Tet 'unarolucil hosts' of
we believe them to be true, and that they are
men that: Lace not bowed the knee to
the serUiniems of nine.ten.hs of ,he Northern d - 'll t s ar it to the knife,
peoi,!e: rEns.Jorrts.u.. _ • Be.alan it, e,INI
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an . a knife to the Lilt.. ' .
At this m o ment, the 'former parties . Piii',. IT SIIA L-I. . -BE, America shall be
that hai:e.stood in counterpoise have f re .„ 1 . i, !i• .: -- .- -., !:: ~ -. • -.
fallen to-pieces. ' And we. are on the
.We. Will. take that Ibr Out: life's en
eve; and in the very act, of reconstruct- i terprise. Dying, we - will Ileat -it a
ing our - parties, One movement there legacy to•ourehildren, and they shall
is that calls itself Atherieaa. Oh, that j will itto theirs, until the work is done,
it were or would be! Never Was. an
.our - fathers'praYers. s are answered, and
opening so auspicious fora true Amer- this whole land,stands_clothed:-in - its
jean party that, embracing the - PRIX- t right.•Miutt = a symbid.:of what, the
CIPLES of. American institutions, should earthly TriiitSfof the Gdspel are !. ~
- enter our Temple - of Liberty and, : If 'a :Ka - thin - al - patty 'is now tohe
drive out thence not merely the in - - p o i.med; - .What shall it be, -and 'what
terloping Gentiles, but the . money- 'shall its office be? , .. •' . -•: •
changers, and those, -also, .who sell -It shall he a peacemaker, say sly
oxen, aud cattle, and slaves therein.- - . I politicians. Yes, peace by war.
,But
It is not the question whether a an Arne' icanpaity, seckino. peace with
Northern -party would be a partyof iinperiimi Aristocracy - by; yielding
philanthropy, or of propagandist - it, or everything down• to -the root—one
of abolition. it is_ simply a questitin j would think no party need, bestio-med
whether, for fear of these things, they 'to Alo that. Judas , did, as much. witht
will ignore-and rub out of their creed Out etnnpanY.. Arnold did that with
eve-ry principle of human rights l . out companions. -. ' -- - * --: •
lam not afraid of foreigners among . -An American National party mint
us. Nevertheless, one politiCians have either -be a piebald and patched-up
so abused us throm,-6 -thern,that I am party, carrying .iu - its entrails tint
glad that a movement is on hurt to mortal poison of -two belligerent
remilate the conduct of new-comers schemes, further legendary d:rputes,
among us, and oblige' them to pass, and agitation, and furious conflict ; - •or,
through a longer probation before they to. be 'a - real national party, it must
become citizens. In so mar as I under- first be a Northerit pasty at.d become
:mud the practical measures proposed i nati,mal.. We must walk 'again over
and set tbrth in the message of the the. Course - of bit tort'. . Here in the
Go,verner of Massachusett.s,l approve North Liberty began. Its roots' are
them. - 'with us vet. All its' associations-and
But I ask yOu, - fellow - citizens, all its'pottnit institutions are- with _us.
whether • the simple accident of birth H av i ng onee.givi lath this spirit of
i• a ba•i= broad enough fir a perma- libeitv, now fading out of out t.3otult-.
t,t To National party I Is it a principle, ern States, the 'North Arnold again
ere:, I . It is a mere fact.: . . come forth and refill the' pois,:iled
Ought we mt to lotk a little at what veins that have been drinking the.
a man i 4, r:frcr he is born, as well as at hemlo c k of Despotism 'with the new.
the place where ? E-pecialiy, when blood of Libetty! Let ns
. give sap to
we remember that Arnold was born the tree of Liberty, that it may not
in Connecticut and La Fayette in wither and di e !
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Ft a:.ce.. When Hercules was born; hot yet a
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If, then, a party is American,- ought 1 ;1,1 I-,
C. 5......, the jealous-Junn sent Iwo Net
it nut to he because it represents these gents to Lis cradle to destroy him._;
principles which are fundamental to Hercules or the serpeut s must die.- '
American in: titutions and to American Beth could net lie in the same bed:
policy.? it ieciples which stand in con- He seized them and suflhcated them •
erase with European institutions and i by his grip; while his poor brother,
policy ? - Iphiclus, filled the house with his -
Which of these two theories is the i shticks.. An infernal Juno, envious of
American? The Nerth has nine-theory, the destined : greatness of this country.
the ‘,utit amithei ; which of them is , bath sent this serpent upon it ! What
to be called the American idea? Which . shall we du? Shall we imitate • Her-•
i Arne: ica:.—N,.i tbern ideas or Smith- :Coles, or Iphiclus ? Shall we .choke
ern lile:rs I that which declares all men it, or shall we. firm a timid_ .NUtiorra/
lit e, tVe., or that which declares the, patty, and shriek?
upeti,• laces flee, and the inferior i Gentlemen, vett will never have
slaves ? • • rest from this sulject until there is a
That which declares the tight of victory of principles. Nonhern icreas
every man to liti_., liberty, and the must become ArnetiCan. or Southern
pursuit cur happiness—or that which ideas must become iimer;rall, LefOre
declares ti.e ii ht cur strength and in- there- will be • peace.. if the Nei th
telligence to subordinate weakness. gives the Nation her radical principles
and ignorance? - -of human rights and democratic Gov
- That which ordains popular educa-. i ernments, thine will be the peace of
liOn, freeduni of speech, freedom of an immeasurable presperity: If•the
the press, public discussion—or that south shall give to the country a policy
which makes these a prerogative,, derived from her heathen notions of
yielded to a class, but denied to masses? Men, there trill he such a peace as
That which organizes society as a men have oveldrtTged with opium,
Democracy and GoVernment a Reptib- that deep lethargy just before the
.lie—or that which organizes society moral convulsions and death ! All
as an Aristocracy, and Government as attempts at evasion, at adjourning, at
an Oligarchy? • concealing and compromising, are in
Which shall it be—that of Organ- vain. The reason of our long agita
ized New-England t.ewnships,scheols, tion i , :, not that restless Abolitionists
and churchesthat resisted taxation i are abroad, that ministers will meddle
without representation—that coveted with improper themes, 'that • parties
Boston harbor with tea, as if all China are disregardful of the country's in
had slink down all her leaves there— terest. : These are symptoms only, not
which spake from Faneuil Hall. and the diseaie; the effects,uot the causes.
echoed from Bunker Hill; or that ' Two great powers that wiirl not live
policy which landed slaves on the together are in our midst, and tugging
Chesapeake—that has changed Old at • each other's throats. - They will
Virginia from a land of heroes into a search each other out, though you
bleeding ground of .slaves—that has separate them a hundred times: And
broken down beuudaties, and carried i if - by any insane 'blindness you-shall
war over our lines, not fir liberty, but contrive to put off the issue, and send
for more territory flit. slaveS to work, this unsettled dispute down to your
that the owners might multiply, and children, ii -will go down, gathering
the aristocracy of America stand -on volume and every step,-to
the shores of two oceans, an unbroken • waste and desolate their heritage.
bound all between ? - . Let it be settled now. Clear the place.
If a National, America'n party is Bring in the champions. . Let them
ever fornied. by leaving nut the whole put their lances in restforrthe charge.
question of Human . Rights, it will be Sound the _trumpet, and God. safe the
what a man would be-e-his soul left i Ri g ht/ _ , - -
out ! -- The latter portion of the lecture was
.
An American National party—Lib- frequently interrupted by hbisterous
erty left out! - \ • . applause. . . , - .:. . .
An American. party! . --.--Hunian Rights • After Mr. Beecher -had - taken • his
left out! - - seat,. there were loud calls for Mr.
,
Gentlemen, such a party Will stink- GIDDINGS, whereupon that gentleman
With dissolution before you can get it came forward acrd said that he had not
finished. No Masonry can make it come there to make a speech, but, like
solid—no art can EeCllle it. No anchor a goed_ Methodist brother, he would
that was ever forged in infernal stythy I add his exhortation to the excellent
can go deep enough into political mud set-unto of his - clerical friend. lb con
to hold it. • . J elusion, Mr. Giddings beSought. all to
If you rear up an empty name; . if enter _heartily into -the contest for
you take that revered name American, Freedomnto trust" in God and keep
all the world over radiant and revered, their powder dry! - [Loud applause.]
as the symbol of human rights and —. . .
human happiness—if you. sequeste; 1 _Unite' in overthrowing- the fashion
and_ stuff that name with the. diet:: j which translates civility into-love.
1.6 01 11 b•Ir11,
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DEVOTED TO 'THE rDING:IFLES, iDF.DEMOCILACY, : AND TkIE DISSEMINATION :OF MORALITY LITLRATERE, AND !NEWS
TEE AKERICAN PbETY
cOutiEßspOitt, POTTEIt COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY' L 185"5.
yAw . abig LIST) E.LAVERY.
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• The . Washingtnn Sentinel publishes
the proceeding of a .meeting of the
citizens of Lafayette county, Missouri,
held on Dec 25, at which.
o it was re
solved to ‘vithdiaw all partimage ft tan
such steamboatls on the Missonii "River
as shall presume to
_carry "abolition"
emigrants i:Ito Kausas,and'et which it
was also voted to Ford fifty Delegates
to a COtivetitinn ! of the WeAern coun
ties of mi - s - tzoot-i, to .be holden:, on - the
Bth of January, to AeViSe 'Other Incas
-nieS to secure the eetablisbnieet of
•Mii-ery in KansaS. - . 1 The Sentinel takes
especial pains .to endorse this Lafay
ettecounty meetink... It
We are informed that auong the member
of the meeing are.tile most firoutTnent arta
the Areilliti:eit eili4eus Of the county in wit:nit
it is hed—men deeply interesred,• a shn:e
holders in the. issue at stake—men who can
exert a salutarY and who!el..orne Milt:Cr - me. on
tho-e around them. :.ltd nett of that
toned chivalry of charac'er, who are. at once
de ern ned and compe'ent to recomprnh the
work in which they are enkaged. .
From, the Arit,g- of retzolution
adopted thnEe geolemen 4"bigh
-tOned chivalry," tVc . selt - fct the follow_
ing,:as a specinien of the whole;
WArreas, s!ave properly is now he'd and
owned, and slave 'tabor tx used in said Terri
tor); of Kansas, and the coutroll.ng intlUence,
and the gret•ma:ority of the citizens shere
are delermined to sustain their righ:s 6f prop
erly therein. having so -decided by ane% er
wheiming, ma . ;ority in' heir recent .eiection—
therefore, • •
• 'Respired, I. That savers now exists in the
Territory of Kansas, by the free will and
choice of the .citizens thereof, and that:we
Will use all means -to aid and stistain
the People of said Territory in pro'e . cing
thelui-e - ves rnd their Tirol ert• front t.ny en
croachments of their riehts, "by Abolition
Soviet es or :heireinissF.ries.-
hti Batas, with her beautifhl and
fetui'e'ph-inS and rick •groves—adap ed as the
is by soil, c and production s -, as well as
her location, to the proft.ab e mc of S'are
labor, invites the citizens of the Sou hem
States of this Union: with .heif sins-es, to her
se:lle:nun and cu.t;va-ion, and eslerr.i'y to
the young and en crprising, sons of .he won 11•
we say,. that there they Entl peasant
homes. wi.h :he means at 'hand of acquiring,
independence and weai.h, and .Int: we urge
upon -hemlto se - ttle nnd seenre their chtims
iu raid Territory without de'ai.
Our Wzr-bitititon rotemporary is
thoroughly delighted and elated witli
o bese sayings and doing s in Lpfityette
county, and argues froth them, and
i'rom uthrr !imilar movements in nis=
souri, that the triumph of slaver
Kansas is; certain. It-ray's:
It is we I known to our readers that we
h •ve all a ong con ended ,hat the oath Wou:d
no: rai'y traunir in .1:e Main cnance of the
princip - e , inv r oA:ed in the Nebrar , k:i-Kam-:.4
bit!, - ha: der:\ e a pr, c::cal lienefi. from the
rppl: cation of pilncip:e , . We IL% e
argned that the soil ::tid the cluial.e of 1i.:.11Fa3
are rt.ike dap:ed to the ins:i:n:iori of
and we Live ga nod much encouragement in
this opinion from the firm :Ind de ermined
conduct of the cope of the bottler tig Stmes.
. • • • We coni.:der :
the ques7ion long inrn!ved itt donit and
uncerminty as now finally set - Zed. We see
in the fuzure the Terri,ory of Kansas, with
her fez:l . :e soil, her delightfhl climate, her
rich prothic.ions, knocking at the door of .he
Union, to claim admittance as a slaveho:ding
State—to demand the application of the great
rcpub:ican prmcip:e invo:led in the Nehr.:ska
triumph: that to the peop:e'be:ong the con
trol Lnd a 'op:ion of their own government
and ins:Lit:Mit:. And we see in It s desimb e
consmnma.ion :Molter sep toirt.rd reso- .
ra.Mn of tha: er t ni tbrium among Ate (lit:mein
sections-of he Confederacy; the destrec:io ,
Of which has so long threatened the recce,
prosperity and perpetuity of our ins.ittLiOns.
lir giving utterance,' with such elo
quent exultation, to these delightful
anticipations, the Sentinel only echoes
the tritimphaut. joy of the. South at
what is tram:piling in Kansas. South
ern mcn in *Washington take no pains
to e,:nceal their• full knowledge of the
great victory -they-have won. Slavery .
confirmed, strengthened. and to all
human appearance, made perpetual
in Missouri; and in addition to that,
Slavery- spread over and; fastened
upon - a new and fertile territory twice
as large as New England, from which
a solemn compact once excluded it;
these are facts large enough to elate,
nut merely, the "high-toned chivalry"
of one of the 'Western counties of
Missolui, but also of the "high-toned
chivalry " of Virginia and the Car
olinas. Indeed, tour members ofeen
gress from those polished states have
just published to the world • au elab
orate essay from. the pen of Gen.
Stringfellow, of - Missouri, prov i n2;
that lavery not only dues and will
exist in
_Kansas,• but must and shall
exist there. We learn also that at
\Vatliington the leading Southern
men identified with the slavery propa
ganda, have not the .slightest appre
hension of any efficient - resiztauce to
heir designs from, the North.. Tha,
some feeling- on the Fuljcct exists,,ut
tEdNorth;they admit; and they con
cede that it will probably increase for
a timeilinderlhe discovery that Kan-
SUS is.net to- he, frees as'Abatlearned
and cautious son .of New England,
Edward Everett, as - silt'o us it would.
be. - 'Still. they the exeite
ment. as they 'cull it,- 'Will._ have suffi
ciently died • away before • the - nest
Presidential election, to enable them
to rithithe North, as they .always have
done: through party diVi:ions and
acquieseing ;tom:Maces.' Inde6d, the
iliends of y and slavery exten
sion at. the Capitol :Were trever ao
exultant as now.. • They feel and know
that: at this - niement they control
every department attic, - Government,
and , they do not - doubt that what is
happening in Kansas gibes them' a
new.aad perpetual lease-of power.,
It is possible that -they are right,
but it is alSo Fossihle .that they arc
Making a - prodigious
Tribune. • • • •
I DEDIVT 'TEENS..
How often dn• -We hear this simple
expi ession. l'" I did n't think." It al
most seems 'an exCme for errors that
have been c l ommitted without evil. ir
tentions. How many sorrows and
ttials, do - welding tiOiTti ourselves by
not paming to think what may he the
ctins.equeuce:s: TluiughtlessneSs,there
fore, is a clime which bbould.. be
avoided by all.. Often it causes a parrz
in after yea -s to rankle like a poisoned
arrow in O. e . soul, and gnaw like a
warm at the heat t's core.
1 ditru l t think. mother,: sure I.;
didn't thick," says the beautiful child,
as he gazes upon the sad countenance ;
of the parent he: feels that he
has grieved, and his little arms are
fondly clasikd around her neck, as he
entreat: fot giveness ; "soon his
. young
Leant boun l A deli7lit, and lit!!,
dances merl i tily away' to hisplay, aid
he thinks nia of the past.
13 e 11,,h1 !kinder old mansion: whose
loose.and hanging shutters seem the
spot tof the wild wind:. Course your
Tray. up the rickety• st. and there •
see one Iri j h whom adver:ity has dealt
ev (-rely ; yet. s'Ome traces of fonner
beanty still 'remain. Listen to her
though intended for no ear:
Just tea years ago this night I knelt at
the altar a idmiming bride, and uttered
sacred voWs; numerous fiends and-.
flatterers the tinged around me with
their plea Ping :alutations, and I little ;
thought I Aoald ewer meet with sof- .
row—that he to .whom lintrusted•my
holes aid happiness would c% er pry..:
gal=e'; yea. worse tham a curse. Yes, ,
I s a y, I thor z ht. not of this ; I thou ,, l.t
only of the present ; the Intore ocen- .
pied no place in my mind. Had I •
studied more closely the hunk oflillIn2:1
nature, and listened to the kind warn- !
ink of lliend,—but alas! didn't thifik,
I didn't Where and what am
I now, deprived of all that makes life
sweet, and all because or m y own
vain tboughtle;suess ? Oh, I canma
and will not think of it.
• Further, let us illustrate the druhk
ard, who reels to his midob.ht ;
and when urged to reform, says Al; !
too late: too late ! _When I first han
dled the poisoned cup, I little thought
that it would ever reach this; that I
should ever stand upon-the lasi stair of
humau•degradatian: 1 didn't think of
this ;. I thought I could dash the
ling goblet from my lips whenever my
better : judgment should ammiut the
puB._
time. 13ut now there is no hope ; in
temperance, with its contan 2 inating
cf:s. chains me down.- Oh, sornething
to satisfy this horrid, burning' thirst ;
it is consuming my very vitals, while
friszliCul demons and fiery erpents
assail me from every side,'and will
dra, me down to the 'infernal pit. 1
didn't think.
• Just one more illustration, dear_
reader, to show the folly of thought
lessness. • Man. in his earthly might,
thinks only of himself and the .means:
whereby he may accomplish • his own •
:elfish ends. Vcealth is Liu god, and
at its temple he bows in - adulation.
fiJrgetful of the great Author of. Lis
being, wuile lie is so eager to Ltrasp
the paltry things of the world. Hardly
has he secured them when he is calla
to.pass life's river ; there can be no
delay, the command-must be obeyed.
He cast a - mournful glance upon all
that I.is heart holds dear, and enters
the boat with an agonizing groan.
The memory of the past comes thrum , -
ingback, and guilty deeds pass vividly
bet Ore his mind's eve. Repentance
comes too late. No kind angel ferries
'over to ynn blissful shore, and no
angelic bands welcome his coming ;
but dark, dark is the scene ; human
.imagination cannot picture the horror
of. hi§ destination, and the honor of
his soul ; and he exclaigis, " Poor
deluded Tool that I have been ; I am
lost, but I didn't think, I didn't think:"
Troy, Pa, M.
The-following extractlfrom a report
pres:en ted . to the Eoard 'of Education
on Wednesday last, - . Wallin read "with'
interest by many besides the- teachers
..innnediately referred to therein4lyy
:all,. - indeed, whti'''are interested" in
extending • the .resources and •increas
the opportunities of the: female
" laborers of our city and countr i y: •
"Book-keeping, in all its fOrms and.
valities, is well worthy the attention
rifevery - :•tudent of Oni.Pnblic
Oars is eminently a - tOrninerclal
end the - ability' - to comprehend and
tp„c,onduct, financial operations :of
every, grade is an 'accomplishment
Which can scarcely fail of adequate ,
appreciation in any, station or pursuit
in In - addition .to ; its, obvi2us
utility in the application of the various
problems 'Of Mathematical Science
and its intimate' connection 'with the .
noble science:of pOliticul economy; it
aflords a wjde and profitable, field of
emplo,ment tire-young- and enter,
prising as well as to those of . more
advanced years. • -Nor is it. perceived
. %t-Sy a legitimate and extensive Scope
:nay rioube afforded by this brinich.of
Science to female labor . ; or . why* tli'
counting-I - nue; as 'well-as the book;
store or - the- printing office, should
not he opened to the competition of
suitably qualified females. The occu
pation is well adapted to the fernale
mind; and its 'quiet • stillncs 'and'
method combine to .render it corige- -
Lial and agreeable. -
Why may not, therefore, the teach
eis and pupils of the Female Depart-,
meta of our schools prepare
selves for this employment, and there- .
liv , open a new' and profitable avenue.
of occupation for the sex I Our met
chants, mechanic, and capitalists, would
doubtless be happy to afibrd them
every requi-ite facility ,for obtaining
a footing in this departnieut of labor;'
hundred's and thousands of our edn
cated young ladies would thereby . be
enabled to-convert their acquirements
to immediate and practical, as well as
profitable use. It is, -therefore,
specttiilly recommended that the
science of book-keepieg,in its xariiniS
departments, be thoroughly and Tac
tically taught in our Normal Schooht;
and the higher classes of the several
Grammar Selrols; and that a t.uittibla
and well-qualified- instructur be. as
signed this department exclu:ively in
the Female Normal Schord. Respect
full submitted. S. RANDALL.
r 0 r ,the Journal
- ,
Cit2;: . iitip't of N: Y. Schools." •
The New 'York City Superintend
ent of Common Schools has "done bi 3
duty. Woman rhOuld have her sphere
of labor enlarged. There is . no doubt
about this. The fact painfully presses
uprn the convictions of the benevo
lent, in-these suing:Nit times.
_ If uny doubt existed as to the
capacity of women to keep honks, it
‘‘rould be rennived - by a conversation
with any intdlligent American Who
Lad viited Paris. Most of the book
keeping in that city is done by
females. And. ,a great improvement
have they been found to be upon men,
in the situations of the usual employes
about Banking and Commercial estab
lishments. They do not-steal.. Money
is much safer-in the hands of women,
than men. In France they are found
to make much more trustworthy
clerks and agents, than men did.
They rarely gamble, and never .keep
tni•itresses.—BVialo Democracy.
The most practical effect of the.
hard times that has come under our .
notice is that mentioned in the eincin-_
oati Gazette. . The - unpleasant medi
cine will surely work, for the present.
at leaz.t. a radical cure, if we only
petionit its operation to be general..
The article alluded to, was to 'the•
the effect that the ladies-of New York
bcd formed a - society for - the - promo- -
ti•:n of American industry, the mem ! .
hers pledging themselves to wear
to thing which is nut made in Atneica.'
On the ult., a Soiree was given'
•at the Astor House, at which .every
ludy present appeared in calico, or
muslin
-de laines of home manufacture.
We hope they didn't - spend etiotigh
on the Soiree, to make up the &tier
ence in pt ice between silk and calico.]
Now why is it, that we cannot raise
our own ilk? No man is niggard
ettouge to Wish his wife to dress in
calicoes if be can - reasonably help 'it.
If the encouragement that : isextended
to the importer was given to the silk .
growers at home, women' would not
be obliged to betake themselves to
calico, or wear foreign silks. We
believe that this country can.be Made
the great silk producing country of
the world,' if we only extend - the
proper encoura ,, e ement to the culti
vator and manufacturer.—Tourital
Visiter.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
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